Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds (2009)

“This is not…the story of a little old lady in tennis shoes who saw a lot of birds…[A] well-told story that carries you along as if on wings.”—Hartford Courant At age forty-nine, Phoebe Snetsinger, frustrated homemaker, mother of four, and amateur birdwatcher, was told she was dying of cancer. She decided to spend the little time she had left seeing as many birds as possible around the world. But against all odds, her cancer went into remission, and she ended up taking hundreds of bold, adventurous trips to all seven continents and seeing more species than anyone in history—at great cost to her family and her safety. Life List is the story of a woman who found refuge from society’s expectations in a dangerous and soul-stirring... full description obsession. (less description)

Author: Olivia Gentile

Categories: Specific Groups, Biological Sciences, Biographies & Memoirs, Science, Outdoors & Nature, Birdwatching