{"product_id":"the-bat-house-a-montana-memoir-9781733489768","title":"The Bat House: A Montana Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Michael Riley bought a 1917 farmhouse on the Yellowstone River fifteen miles from where he grew up, he had no idea what he was getting into. Much of what was in store for him wasn't exactly \"a delight,\" including the presence of an enormous bat colony and decades of guano. But luckily for readers, this memoir chronicling reclaiming the house, evicting the bats, and contemplating the life that had led him to this property is absolutely a delight. While he deftly uses his bat nemesis as a central axis to this moving memoir, the book is a love story about a forty-plus year marriage to a remarkable woman, about decades of teaching inspiring (and challenging) students, about rivers and mountains and dogs and poker, about sobriety and acceptance, and yes, even about a love affair-of sorts-with bats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book reveals the author's emotional life dealing with the trials of financial stress, his wife's cancer diagnosis, drought and flood, resolving a violent addictive past, and loss of venerable history. Acceptance arrives through learning the crucial role of bats in our ecosystem and the unexpected benefits of practicing yoga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17513558\"\u003eMichael B. Riley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733489768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733489762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-OCC\"\u003eBody, Mind \u0026amp; Spirit\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-OCC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wordsworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45793319092399,"sku":"9781733489768","price":21.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_8ddef87b-8f9d-4000-aa28-75701dee836a.jpg?v=1755529673","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/the-bat-house-a-montana-memoir-9781733489768","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}