Wild Chorus - by Brenda Peterson (Hardcover)

About the Book

Lessons of connection, alliance, and adaptation from the animal world

Book Synopsis

Independent Publisher Book Award Winner

"This book is beautiful, brave, and important." -- Sy Montgomery

In Wild Chorus, award-winning author Brenda Peterson draws on her lifelong relationship with animals to explore the wisdom we humans can glean from them. Looking beyond the companionship we enjoy with domesticated animals, Peterson explores how wild animals can become our guides and fellow travelers, helping us navigate the stresses of daily life and a rapidly changing planet.

From beluga whales to wolves, raccoons to bears, elk to herons, the stories in this collection offer insights into the intricacies of animals' intuitive communication, compassionate attention, and peaceful adaptation. Featuring vivid, visionary stories, Wild Chorus reveals a world filled with inspiring lessons of kinship, connection, and living in the present. Join Peterson on an incredible journey as she speaks for animals as both an artist and an activist to discover the power of learning from the natural world.

Review Quotes

Wild Chorus is a heart-song of lyric writing, deep tenderness, and more-than-human wisdom. Through her extraordinary and transformative encounters with animals from wolves to whales, animal-adept Brenda Peterson affirms the vital and vivid connections between us and the rest of creation, connections that keep the world alive. This book is beautiful, brave, and important.--Sy Montgomery

In Wild Chorus, Brenda Peterson demonstrates her ability to understand animals and her talent in writing about their personalities and individual traits. Her stories about wolves perfectly parallel my studies of wild wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Highly recommended!--Rick McIntyre "author of The Alpha Female Wolf"

In a period of time in which so many people feel alienated from nature, Brenda Peterson seamlessly draws us into the fascinating worlds of a wide variety of nonhuman animal beings so that we can experience what life is like for them. Wild Chorus explores how, when we open up our senses and hearts to what animals are saying to one another and to us, we can rewild ourselves and feel at one with the magnificent animals with whom we share our awe-inspiring planet.--PhD Marc Bekoff "author of Rewilding our Hearts"

Nature writing at its finest: elegant, revelatory and absolutely finely crafted. A deep-sea diver, her territory is the immense psyche of the American dream.--Joy Harjo "author of Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light"

Peterson's wondrous journey chasing the mysteries of animals is fascinating. The way she weaves the wisdom of other researchers so naturally with her own stories makes for an enjoyable read about her amazing animal apprentice adventures.--Lindie O'Brien "OrcasSOS"

The essay collection Wild Chorus is thought-provoking in its analyses of animal intelligence and is replete with intriguing speculations about how animals can guide human beings.--Rachel Jagareski "Foreword Review"

This is a book for animal and nature lovers like no other. Wild Chorus invites readers to discover the ways of being that wild animals can teach us all. Peterson explores how wild animals can become our guides and fellow travelers, teaching us how to find joy while adapting to a changing world.--Mary Getten "author of Communicating with Orcas"

Peterson's writing style and her intimately told stories about how animals and people can jointly navigate the planet have the ability to draw readers in and leave them with hope about the future of the world.-- "Library Journal, STARRED Review"