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12 Birds to Save Your Life: Nature's Lessons in Happiness

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Last week saw the paperback publication of Charlie Corbett’s touching memoir, 12 Birds To Save Your Life. No longer the leading role in his own private melodrama, but merely a minor part in nature’s great epic. Discover the healing power of nature through the stories of these characterful birds, whose song is never far away . His memoir is a heartfelt ode to the birds that helped him through the darkest of times, exploring in beautiful, lyrical detail this journey of rediscovery, and shows us there is joy to be found in the smallest of events, if we know where to look, and to listen. Losing our connection with nature makes it harder to understand that: ‘we are less able to deal with it today because we are less connected to the earth moving around the sun.

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Charlie described to me how he preferred the word melancholy to depression in describing what he went through. We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of the lands on which we live and work. We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues.No longer the leading role in his own private melodrama, but merely a minor part in nature's great epic. Its author, meanwhile, is one of those charming individuals you sometimes come across doing this job: I spent a fascinating hour talking with Charlie about the book and its inspiration. It was a sudden and shocking demise for someone he loved dearly and in its aftermath, he struggled to cope. Charlie has opened my eyes to the constant joy of the sights and sounds of the birds that surround us.

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He found that through reconnecting with the wildlife all around him, the grief that once felt insurmountable he could now overcome.

Coming to terms with his mother’s death was challenging for Charlie: the grief went on to trigger other emotions, including anxiety and the black dog of depression.

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