Squirrels at My Window: Life With a Remarkable Gang of Urban Squirrels

By Grace Marmor Spruch

Book Overview

Life with a Remarkable Gang of Urban Squirrels This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555662579
• ISBN13: 9781555662578
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Johnson Books
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Delightful and fun

This book is such a gem, easily one of the best books I've read in a long time. It's informative, funny, and written with a very sensitive eye. You really do get to know (and love) each of the memorable characters that visited the author over the years. All the while, you learn a lot of fascinating things about squirrels and how they behave.I was a little worried when I ordered the book that the author might turn out to be a little too eccentric... you know, a strange "squirrel lady," but she's not at all like that. She's a university professor and a surprisingly good writer who just loves animals and is fearless enough to invite them into her home.My favorite part was the very funny section where the author takes one of the squirrels to the dentist because of a problem with his lower front teeth.

Excellent book - not sentimental

Really enjoyed this book. I appreciated that the author remained objective and observational throughout - without slipping into sentimentality. I was able to relate to the squirrels directly - rather than through someone's emotional filter. I love squirrels and have befriended many - Grace was able to capture the experience of relating to squirrels. Her insights - and the depth of relationship with them - have deepened my appreciation of squirrels.

CAN'T PUT IT DOWN

I just received this book, and can't put it down! It is great! It is the most informative and personal book on squirrels I have found! I feed a "gang" of squirrels on my windowsill at work and can really identify with the author. All of her observations of squirrels are right on the money!

Squirrel Lovers, Rejoice!

There is someone else who sees these much-maligned little creatures as something special. Spruch's account of the relationships developed with the grey squirrels living around her apartment succeeds in its aim of objective observation, yet compassion shines through clearly. Everyone who has ever had the good fortune to get to know squirrels as individuals will understand and find this little book a real treasure, and those who have not yet had this marvelous experience are certain to gain insight. I highly recommend it.

A True Insight Into Squirrel/Human Relationships

Originally published in hardcover under the title, "Such Agreeable Friends: Life with a Remarkable Group of Urban Squirrels," this delightful book, now back in print as a paperback under its new title, is the wonderfully fascinating true story of the relationship that the author and her husband have formed with the urban gray squirrels that visit their New York City apartment; squirrels that have come in through the window and visited with them in their kitchen, bedroom and even sometimes their living room. This book is fascinating reading for squirrel lovers and non-squirrel lovers alike. For those people who see squirrels as just a bunch of furry pests that are all alike, Grace's descriptions of the individual personalities and habits of such bushy tailed friends as Notchko, Runty, Genius, Sweetie and Blackbuster will help them see squirrels in a whole new light. Grace Spruch is a physics professor at Rutgers University and an author. This combination, coupled with her real-life experiences with squirrels and genuine love for animals, makes for a truly enjoyable and enlightening book.