November UUAM Book Group

If you love to read and discuss books—especially books related to helping animals—this group is for you! The book we will be discussing in November is Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb. From Rewlding Institute: "Most of us constantly travel on roads, hardly giving a thought to their impacts on wildlife and people until we hit a deer or see carnage lying on or beside our road. Roads are necessary for modern life, but are all roads equally necessary? Must we always drive faster as our vehicles enable us to do so? Crossings is a must-read for wildlife advocates and rewilders, and for anyone who asks, as I often do, 'What’s the rush?'" The UUAM Book Club meets the second Friday of each month. Our November meeting to discuss Crossings will be on November 13 at 4 pm ET, 3 pm CT, 2 pm MT and 1 pm PT. Looking ahead, the book for December will be Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals by Laurie Zaleski. From the description: "Funny Farm is Laurie's story: of promises kept, dreams fulfilled, and animals lost and found. It's the story of her mother, who fled a nightmarish marriage with few skills, no money and no resources, dragging three kids behind her and accumulating hundreds of cast-off animals on the way. And lastly, it's the story of the brave, incredible, and adorable animals that were rescued."