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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Audiobook, by Robin Wall Kimmerer Play Audiobook Sample

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Audiobook

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Audiobook, by Robin Wall Kimmerer Play Audiobook Sample
Release Date: November 19, 2024
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Read By: Robin Wall Kimmerer Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 1.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 1.00 hours at 2.0x Speed
Release Date: November 19, 2024
Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781668116692

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

11

Longest Chapter Length:

24:48 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

07 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

10:33 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

5

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Publisher Description

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.

As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution insures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, “Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.”

As Elizabeth Gilbert writes, Robin Wall Kimmerer is “a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world.” The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that “hoarding won’t save us, all flourishing is mutual.”

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Awards

  • A November 2024 LibraryReads Pick

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About Robin Wall Kimmerer

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Her first book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Braiding Sweetgrass made the bestsellers list of the New York Times and the Washington Post and was named by Literary Hub as a Best Essay Collection of the Decade.