Emma isn't really trying to be a hero-but somehow she and her father set in motion just the kind of miracle the town needs. Emma's dad is the only one convinced the young woman might still be alive, and Emma is hopeful he could be right. The police say they don't spend much time looking for drug addicts. This ghost has been giving Clive some ideas on how to spend his final days.Įmma arrives home knowing she must face her dad's illness, her mom's judgement, and her younger brother's recent stint in rehab, but she's unprepared to find that her former best friend from high school is missing, with no one bothering to look for her. Clive Starling has been hallucinating small animals, as well as visions of the ghost of a long-dead naturalist, Ernest Harold Baynes, once known for letting wild animals live in his house. A med school dropout, she's come back to small-town Everton, New Hampshire to care for her father, dying from a mysterious brain disease. Natural-born healer Emma Starling once had big plans for her life, but she's lost her way. Both funny and sad, the kind of story we like best. It was a source of entertainment at Maple Street Cemetery. "Unusual Creatures is a rich and fantastic book of charming imaginary animals who.what? They're real? I'll be under the bed.A lost young woman returns to small-town New Hampshire under the strangest of circumstances in this one-of-a-kind novel of life, death, and whatever comes after from the acclaimed author of Rabbit Cake. You may be gripped by a giddy urge to drop what you're doing, abandon your career, and take your kids off to Africa to see a hammer-headed bat. "Warning: Michael Hearst has unleashed some powerful wonder-awe juju here. Everest, 10,000 feet under the sea, and in your backyard? Which animal poops cubes? Which animal can disguise itself as a giant crab? These fascinating facts and hundreds more await intrepid readers, amateur zoologists, and anyone who has ever laughed at a funny-looking animal. Which animal can be found at the top of Mt.
With humor and flair, Michael Hearst introduces the reader to a wealth of extraordinary life forms. Guest musicians and unusual instruments on this album.Ĭlick here to view album artwork and liner notes. To celebrate some of the most bizarre animals on the planet (as well as some of the most bizarre musical instruments), Michael Hearst has devised Song For Unusual Creatures - an album of instrumental songs for kids AND adults, featuring the Kronos Quartet, The Microscopic Septet, Margaret Leng Tan, the LEMUR Robots, and some of the strangest musical instruments you’ve never heard of!Ĭlick here to learn more about the unusual animals on this album.
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