The Snow Geese - A Story of Home (Hardcover, 1st U.S. ed)

Every spring, millions of geese embark on a three-thousand-mile migration from their winter quarters in the southern U.S. to their breeding grounds in the Canadian arctic. Intrigued by what he'd read about the birds' amazing annual journey, and desperate to emerge from his own period of illness, William Fiennes decided to go with them.

The story of his voyage turns out to be about a great deal more than geese. The arc of Fiennes's extraordinary adventure is the backbone of a narrative rich in meditations on philosophy and natural science, and deeply perceptive in its descriptions of both physical and emotional travel. As The New York Times raved, Fiennes's prose "is so winged and acute . . . that . . . it establishes the mystical connection it aims for."