A WATERSTONES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024 My son's death will never make sense to me. But it has
taught me that it's possible to find meaning collectively and individually in the loss of
what we love. And in finding them transform. Resilience is a seed that we all bear inside us.
It germinates in emergencies. It sets down roots in astonishing and unexpected ways. And if we
notice it and tend to it it blooms. Liz Jensen's son a zoologist conservationist and
ecological activist was twenty-five when he collapsed and died unexpectedly. She fell apart.
As she grieved forest fires raged coral reefs deteriorated CO2 emissions rose and fossil
fuels burned. Your Wild and Precious Life is the story of how a mother rebuilt herself
reoriented her life and rediscovered the enchantment of the living world. Set against the
backdrop of climate and ecological catastrophe it's an argument for agency legacy and the
wild possibility of hope.
