{"product_id":"the-life-list-of-adrian-mandrick-a-novel","title":"Life List of Adrian Mandrick","description":"\u003cb\u003e“With a birder’s eye for detail, White takes us on [Adrian Mandrick’s] painful, near death descent…[her] life-affirming conclusion reminds us that endangered species aren’t the only ones that need to change and adapt in order to survive.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAdrian Mandrick seems to have his life in perfect order with an excellent job in a Colorado hospital, a wife and two young children he loves deeply, and a serious passion for birding. His life list comprises 863 species correctly identified and cataloged—it is, in fact, the third longest list in the North American region.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But Adrian holds dark secrets about his childhood—secrets that threaten to consume him after he’s contacted by his estranged mother, and subsequently relapses into an addiction to painkillers. In the midst of his downward spiral, the legendary birder with the region’s \u003ci\u003esecond-\u003c\/i\u003elongest life list dies suddenly, and Adrian receives an anonymous tip that could propel him to the very top: the extremely rare Ivory-billed Woodpecker, spotted deep in the swamplands of Florida’s Panhandle. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Combining sharp, elegant prose with environmental adventure, \u003ci\u003eThe Life List of Adrian Mandrick\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant, engaging story that heralds the arrival of a new literary talent.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54006460875096,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781501174315.jpg?v=1778832028","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-life-list-of-adrian-mandrick-a-novel","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}