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Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir by Chris Packham (Hardcover, 2016)
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The memoir that inspired Chris Packham's BBC documentary, Asperger's and Me A beautifully told, deeply personal growing-up memoir from the BBC presenter about life, death, love and nature. Every minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with a Kestrel, a real live Kestrel, my own real live Kestrel on my wrist! I felt like I'd climbed through a hole in heaven's fence. An introverted, unusual young boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school, Chris Packham only felt happy in the fields and woods around his suburban home. But when he stole a young Kestrel from its nest, he was about to embark on a friendship that would teach him what it meant to love, and that would change him forever. In his rich, lyrical and emotionally exposing memoir, Chris brings to life his childhood in the 70s, from his bedroom bursting with fox skulls, birds' eggs and sweaty jam jars, to his feral adventures. But pervading his story is the search for freedom, meaning and acceptance in a world that didn't understand him. Beautifully wrought, this coming-of-age memoir will be unlike any you've ever read.Product Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-139781785033483
eBay Product ID (ePID)222011796
Product Key Features
Book TitleFingers in the Sparkle Jar: a Memoir
AuthorChris Packham
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicNature, Memorials, Wildlife, Zoology
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Children & Young Adults
Number of Pages288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width162mm
Item Weight522g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorChris Packham
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 22 Mar, 2018
Brilliantly different autobiography
This is a terrific book, fascinating to read and very moving. The style is very simple and honest, and unlike anything I have read before. I would thoroughly recommend it even to people who do not normally like autobiographies. I have lent it to friends who have all enjoyed it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 09 Mar, 2017
Vivid descriptive text
A well written book - unusual and unsettling with its descriptions of depression . .Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 15 Jun, 2016
A delight to read
This book is, as it says, a memoir. It has a slowly unraveling autobiographic thread, which makes it all the more poignant, but even without the knowledge that it is a real story it stands alone as a wonderful, sensual exploration of the world- my world, as I grew up during the same period and recognise every element from my own childhood experience. I hope he writes more as this book is excellent.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 31 Mar, 2018
Fingers in the sparkle jar
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- 31 Jan, 2018
Fantastic story
The life of an inspiring wildlife expert that has an interesting slant as it has an insight into Asperger’s syndrome.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Aug, 2022
Good book
I have been told about this book but am saving it for a forthcoming holiday but have been told by several people that once I start it I will not be able to put it down.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Dec, 2024
I have read this before and wanted a cop...
I have read this before and wanted a copy for a friend. Perfect condition.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 Aug, 2024
Very clean, perfectly tidy book....
Very clean, perfectly tidy book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 Aug, 2019
Great book would recommend
Great read would highly recommend .👍Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Dec, 2016
such a lovely man and beautiful memoirs.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
