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One of Kirkus Reviews' 100 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022
A gold Nautilus Book Award winner, Ecology & Environment

From rural Alaska to coastal Florida, a vivid account of Americans working to protect the places they call home in an era of climate crisis

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1 author picked At Home on an Unruly Planet as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book isn’t really about the Bible, but its themes resonated so intensely with the Bible that I just had to recommend it. Ostrander’s stories about climate refugees in the present were valuable in helping me empathize with biblical characters such as Ruth, Abraham, and Joseph, who were also climate refugees seeking both physical and metaphorical homes.

Members of my book club (held at an organic farm) found her stories about various parts of the U.S. compelling, and we had a great conversation about our attachments to spaces now pressured by climate change. 

From Julia's list on the Bible and the climate crisis.

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