In Search of the Owl: A father's death begins a quest for a deeper understanding...of life.

What happens to you when someone you love dearly dies?A single empty-nester pushing sixty whose mother had already died Jean E. Sidinger had experienced emotional losses before. Yet the death of her beloved father wildlife management and ecology pioneer Levi L. Mohler leaves her bereft. Seeking a way through her grief she turns to the natural world for which she and her father shared a deep abiding love.In her compelling memoir In Search of the Owl Jean turns her keen eye on herself and on the world outside sharing the initial desperation of loss the aching void created by her fathers death...and the eventual acceptance that follows. Nature provides solace as well as guidance and inspiration as she makes her way from season to season seeking answers to the mystery of life and death.Join Jean on this intensely personal yet universal journey where enormous loss leads to new depth of understanding.A portion of the proceeds from the sale of In Search of the Owl will benefit a leading conservation organization in keeping with Jeans father Levi L. Mohlers passion for and dedication to wildlife and the environment.