The life list of Adrian Mandrick : a novel

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Label

The life list of Adrian Mandrick : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Chris White

Creator

• White, Chris, 1959-

Author

• White, Chris, 1959-

Subject

• Compulsive behavior -- Fiction
• Families -- Fiction
• Anesthesiologists -- Fiction
• Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction
• Life change events -- Fiction
• Bird watchers -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"H Is for Hawk meets Grief Is the Thing with Feathers in this evocative debut novel about a pillpopping anesthesiologist and avid birder who embarks on a quest to find one of the world's rarest species, allowing nothing to get in his wayuntil he's forced to confront his obsessions and what they've cost him. Anesthesiologist Adrian Mandrick is filled with contradictory impulses. He wants to be a good husband to his wife and a good father to his children; he wants to forgive his oncebeloved mother for the crime she committed and the long lost father who accused her. But when he receives a call from his mother after years of silence, he takes solace in the very pain medication he prescribes, spiraling downward into addiction. His sole source of true comfort is his "life list"the allencompassing record of the 863 bird species he's spotted and identified. His is the third longest list in all of North America. But when Henry Lassiter, the legendary birder who held the region's second longest list, dies suddenly, Adrian seizes the opportunity to make his way to the very top. A desperate search for the extremely rare Ivorybilled Woodpecker eventually leaves him stranded in the thick swamplands of Florida's panhandle, where he is forced to confront his past and present failures, to reflect on what his obsessions and addictions have cost him, and to question what is truly important in his life. Combining wry humor and mystery with environmental adventure, The Life List of Adrian Mandrick is a fastpaced, engaging story that heralds the arrival of a new literary talent"

Index

index present

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult