Birds of America Author:Mary McCarthy Mary McCarthy, one of America's foremost writers has written a probing, sensitive story of change--change in values, change in society: the decline of quality in life. It is the story of a woman searching for fulfillment as an artist, a wife and a mother, and of her restless, seeking, idealistic teen-age son. Ranging from America to the capita... more »ls of Europe, it is a nostalgic lamentation for Nature--all around us the shoddy and the plastic is driving out the pure and natural--"Nature is dead!"« less