02060cam a2200409 i 4500 1336289954 TxGeo 20240614120000.0 230815s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780358458180 hhbk. 0358458188 hhbk. (OCoLC)1388680290 TxGeo rda Montgomery, Sy, author. Of time and turtles : mending the world, shell by shattered shell / Sy Montgomery ; illustrations by Matt Patterson. Time and turtles : mending the world, shell by shattered shell. First edition. New York, NY : Mariner Books, [2023] xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "When naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles--with wounds so severe that even veterinarians would have dismissed them as fatal--are given a second chance at life. The League's founders, Natasha and Alexxia, live by one motto: never give up on a turtle. But why turtles? What is it about them that inspires such devotion? ... Sy turns to these little understood yet endlessly surprising creatures to probe the eternal question: how can we make peace with our time?"-- Provided by publisher. 20240625. Turtles. Turtles. Conservation. Wildlife rescue. Human-animal relationships. Animal behavior. Wildlife rehabilitation. Patterson, Matt, illustrator. QS5