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Kate’s 2¢: “Truth and Beauty: A Friendship” by Ann Patchett
“Truth and Beauty: A Friendship” by Ann Patchett
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…
I started reading the down-load from BookShare™, but it was not making sense to me. I switched to the BARD recording.
Barbara Caruso did a good job of reading this story that was, at times, difficult to listen to.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Truth and beauty: a friendship DB62610
Author: Patchett, Ann
Reading Time: 8 hours, 14 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: Barbara Caruso
Subjects: Biography of Persons with Disabilities, Disability
Author reminisces about her long-term friendship with Lucy Grealy, whom she met in college at Sarah Lawrence and who wrote Autobiography of a Face (RC 40052) describing her battle with facial cancer. Patchett describes their relationship until Grealy’s 2002 death from a heroin overdose. 2004.
New York, NY : Harper/Perennial , 2005, c2004.
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Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
Ann Patchett
9780060588922
2004
Contains images
Contains images
Synopsis
A touching story of the friendship of Ann Patchett and Lucy Grealy and how their paths intertwined. This is a tender, brutal book about loving a person we cannot save. It is about loyalty, and about being lifted up by the sheer effervescence of someone who knew how to live life to the fullest.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Ocean: Earth’s last wilderness” by David Attenborough and Colin Butfield
“Ocean: Earth’s last wilderness” by David Attenborough and Colin Butfield
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…
David Attenborough and Colin Butfield did a good job of alternating narrating sections of this intriguing story.
I like the way they explained what evolved during the 90 years of a whale’s life. Very interesting sections. wa
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Sir David Frederick Attenborough (/ˈæt(ə)nb(ə)rə/;[2] born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, natural historian and writer. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned eight decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Blue Planet II. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black-and-white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolution. Over his life he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narration and one Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily.
Attenborough was a senior manager at the BBC, working as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. While his earlier work focused primarily on the natural world, his later work has been more vocal in support of environmental causes. He has advocated for restoring planetary biodiversity, limiting population growth, switching to renewable energy, mitigating climate change, reducing meat consumption and setting aside more areas for natural preservation. On his broadcasting and passion for nature, NPR stated that Attenborough “roamed the globe and shared his discoveries and enthusiasms with his patented semi-whisper way of narrating”.[3] He is widely considered a national treasure in the UK, though he does not embrace the term.[4][5][6]
Early life and family[edit]
David Frederick Attenborough was born on 8 May 1926 in Isleworth, Middlesex,[7][8] and grew up in College House on the campus of University College, Leicester, where his father, Frederick, was principal.[9] He is the middle of three sons; his older brother, Richard, became an actor and director, and his younger brother, John, was an executive at the Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo.[10] During the Second World War, through a British volunteer network known as the Refugee Children’s Movement, his parents also fostered two Jewish refugee girls from Germany.[11]
Attenborough spent his childhood collecting fossils, stones and natural specimens.[12] He received encouragement when a young Jacquetta Hawkes admired his collection.[13] He spent much time in the grounds of the university. Aged around 11, he heard that the zoology department needed a large supply of newts, which he offered through his father to supply for 3d each. The source, which he did not reveal at the time, was a pond adjacent to the department.[14] A year later, his adoptive sister Marianne gave him a piece of amber containing prehistoric creatures; some 60 years later, it would be the focus of “The Amber Time Machine”, an episode of his series Natural World.[15]
In 1936, Attenborough and his brother Richard attended a lecture by Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) at De Montfort Hall in Leicester, and were influenced by his advocacy of conservation. According to Richard, David was “bowled over by the man’s determination to save the beaver, by his profound knowledge of the flora and fauna of the Canadian wilderness and by his warnings of ecological disaster should the delicate balance between them be destroyed. The idea that mankind was endangering nature by recklessly despoiling and plundering its riches was unheard of at the time, but it is one that has remained part of David’s own credo to this day.”[16] In 1999 Richard directed a biographical film of Belaney entitled Grey Owl.[17]
Attenborough was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester.[18] He won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, in 1945 to study geology and zoology, was a member of the undergraduate Sedgwick Club and obtained a degree in natural sciences.[19] In 1947 he was called up for national service in the Royal Navy and spent two years stationed in North Wales and the Firth of Forth.[13]
# Colin Butfield is a British environmental storyteller, author, and producer whose work focuses on climate, nature and conservation communication … Colin Butfield is known for Ocean with David Attenborough (2025), David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) and Planet India (2023). Contribute to this … Colin is co-founder and Executive Director of Studio Silverback. He is also the co-founder of Open Planet. He is the Executive Producer of the BBC series … Our Planet is a British nature documentary series made for Netflix. The series is narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Silverback Films, …
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Ocean: Earth’s last wilderness DB129319
Authors: Attenborough, David, Butfield, Colin
Reading Time: 8 hours, 57 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: David Attenborough, Colin Butfield
Subjects: Nature and the Environment, Geography
“Through personal stories, history and cutting-edge science, Ocean uncovers the mystery, the wonder, and the frailty of the most unexplored habitat on our planet–the one which shapes the land we live on, regulates our climate, and creates the air we breathe. This book showcase the oceans’ remarkable resilience: they can, and in some cases have, recovered the fastest, if we only give them the chance. Drawing a course across David Attenborough’s own lifetime, Ocean takes readers on an adventure-laden voyage through eight unique ocean habitats, countless intriguing species, and the most astounding discoveries of the last 100 years, to a future vision of a fully restored marine world–one even more spectacular than we could possibly hope for. Ocean reveals the past, present and potential future of our blue planet. It is a book almost a century in the making, but one that has never been more urgently needed.”– From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
New York : Hachette Audio, 2025.
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