Quick Dispatch & Fast Delivery

USPS Delivery courier service from bookwharf image

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

$28.00

Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Reader’s Age: Adults 18+ (suitable for mature teens 16+)
Ships Within: 5–10 Business Days
Author: Becky Chambers
Release Date: July 13, 2021
Genre: Fiction

Delivery Time

  • USPS Delivery courier service from bookwharf image USPS Courier delivery (Delivery within USA)

USPS courier will deliver the books safely at your door Step

4-5 Days

  • Standard delivery (Delivery Outside US)

Our courier will deliver books safely at your door step. 

8-10 Days

  • Free 7-Day returns
Description

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers: A Quiet, Hopeful Journey Into What Truly Matters

From the Back Cover

In a world where robots gained consciousness and chose to walk into the wilderness rather than serve humans, one tea monk named Dex sets out on a solo journey and meets the very last thing they expected: a robot named Mosscap, who wants to know what people need. The answer turns out to be more complicated than anyone thought.

About the Author

Becky Chambers is an American science fiction author best known for her Wayfarers series, celebrated worldwide for its compassionate, character-driven storytelling. She has won the Hugo Award and the Alex Award, and is widely credited with helping shape the “hopepunk” and solarpunk movements in modern speculative fiction. Her writing is known for being gentle, wise, and full of genuine warmth. If you like Becky Chamber’s books, you should definitely read A Prayer for the Crown Shy

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1: Is A Psalm for the Wild-Built part of a series? Yes, it is the first book in Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot series. The second book, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, continues the journey of Dex and Mosscap. Both are short novellas, so you can read both in a weekend if you want the full story.

Q2: How long is A Psalm for the Wild-Built and is it good for beginners? The book is around 160 pages, making it one of the most approachable science fiction reads available. If you have never read sci-fi before or feel intimidated by the genre, this is one of the best entry points you will find. There are no complex battle systems or hard science here, just beautiful writing and big ideas.

Q3: What makes this book different from other science fiction novels? Most sci-fi is built around conflict, survival, or world-ending stakes. A Psalm for the Wild-Built is built around a conversation. It belongs to a growing wave of “hopepunk” fiction that believes kindness and rest are just as revolutionary as fighting. Readers often describe it as the book they did not know they needed.

Additional information
Weight226.80 g
Dimensions13.34 × 1.65 × 20.96 cm
Short Summary

A Psalm for the Wild-Built follows Dex, a tea monk who leaves their comfortable city life in search of something undefined, only to stumble upon Mosscap, a robot on a mission to understand human needs. What unfolds is a series of gentle, honest conversations about purpose, rest, and what a meaningful life actually looks like. The book does not offer easy answers, but it holds space for the questions in a way that feels rare and quietly powerful. By the final page, most readers feel both lighter and more awake.

Customer Reviews

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine | Paperback
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine | Paperback Original price was: $16.78.Current price is: $14.99.
Back to products
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie (Paperback Box Set)
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie (Paperback Box Set) Original price was: $42.22.Current price is: $37.98.

Quick Dispatch & Fast Delivery

USPS Delivery courier service from bookwharf image

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li | Paperback

Original price was: $17.99.Current price is: $15.99.

  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9781250437976
  • Reader’s Age: Adults 18+
  • Ships Within: 5–10 Business Days
  • Author: Yiyun Li

Delivery Time

  • USPS Delivery courier service from bookwharf image USPS Courier delivery (Delivery within USA)

USPS courier will deliver the books safely at your door Step

4-5 Days

  • Standard delivery (Delivery Outside US)

Our courier will deliver books safely at your door step. 

8-10 Days

  • Free 7-Day returns
Description

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

What does it mean to keep living when life has changed forever?

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li is a deeply personal memoir about loss, motherhood, love, memory, and the difficult work of continuing to live after unimaginable tragedy. Rather than offering simple answers or a traditional story of healing, Li uses writing, gardening, reading, music, philosophy, and everyday life to examine what remains after loss.

The book grew from Li’s experience of losing both of her sons, Vincent and James. Through clear, thoughtful prose, she considers grief without trying to make it neat or easy. The result is a powerful meditation on what it means to remember someone, to love them after they are gone, and to continue existing in the world around you.

A Memoir About Love, Loss, and Acceptance

At the center of the book is a mother’s attempt to understand experiences that cannot truly be explained. Li reflects on motherhood, memory, suffering, mortality, and the limits of what one person can know about another.

The title itself comes from Li’s observations of her garden. Plants do not search for explanations or demand a particular meaning from life. They simply grow when they can and become dormant when they must. That simple idea becomes part of Li’s wider reflection on how human beings continue living through circumstances they cannot control.

Why Readers May Connect With This Memoir

If you are looking for a thoughtful memoir about grief and loss, this book offers something different from a conventional guide to overcoming sorrow. Li does not promise closure. Instead, she explores how love, memory, thought, and ordinary routines can exist alongside grief.

Readers will find:

  • A deeply personal account of motherhood and loss
  • Reflections on grief, memory, mortality, and love
  • Thoughtful discussions of philosophy and literature
  • Gardening and everyday routines as ways of continuing life
  • A direct and intellectually engaging writing style
  • A powerful meditation on what it means to remember

The memoir is particularly suited to readers who appreciate literary nonfiction that asks difficult questions rather than providing easy conclusions.

For readers interested in meaningful nonfiction, A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot and A Book of Life by Peter Kingsley offer two thoughtful perspectives on life, resilience, meaning, and the human experience. (bookwharf.com)

Additional information
Weight453.9 g
Dimensions453 × 1.14 × 20.96 cm

Customer Reviews

3170b41ac8","urls":{"assets":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pro-elements\/assets\/","rest":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/wp-json\/"},"settings":{"lazy_load_background_images":true},"popup":{"hasPopUps":false},"shareButtonsNetworks":{"facebook":{"title":"Facebook","has_counter":true},"twitter":{"title":"Twitter"},"linkedin":{"title":"LinkedIn","has_counter":true},"pinterest":{"title":"Pinterest","has_counter":true},"reddit":{"title":"Reddit","has_counter":true},"vk":{"title":"VK","has_counter":true},"odnoklassniki":{"title":"OK","has_counter":true},"tumblr":{"title":"Tumblr"},"digg":{"title":"Digg"},"skype":{"title":"Skype"},"stumbleupon":{"title":"StumbleUpon","has_counter":true},"mix":{"title":"Mix"},"telegram":{"title":"Telegram"},"pocket":{"title":"Pocket","has_counter":true},"xing":{"title":"XING","has_counter":true},"whatsapp":{"title":"WhatsApp"},"email":{"title":"Email"},"print":{"title":"Print"},"x-twitter":{"title":"X"},"threads":{"title":"Threads"}},"woocommerce":{"menu_cart":{"cart_page_url":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/cart\/","checkout_page_url":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/checkout\/","fragments_nonce":"19ef8cc47a"},"productAddedToCart":true},"facebook_sdk":{"lang":"en_US","app_id":""},"lottie":{"defaultAnimationUrl":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pro-elements\/modules\/lottie\/assets\/animations\/default.json"}}; var ElementorProFrontendConfig = {"ajaxurl":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","nonce":"Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li | Paperback
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine | Paperback
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine | Paperback Original price was: $16.78.Current price is: $14.99.
Back to products
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie (Paperback Box Set)
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie (Paperback Box Set) Original price was: $42.22.Current price is: $37.98.

Quick Dispatch & Fast Delivery

USPS Delivery courier service from bookwharf image

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li | Paperback

Original price was: $17.99.Current price is: $15.99.

  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9781250437976
  • Reader’s Age: Adults 18+
  • Ships Within: 5–10 Business Days
  • Author: Yiyun Li

Delivery Time

  • USPS Delivery courier service from bookwharf image USPS Courier delivery (Delivery within USA)

USPS courier will deliver the books safely at your door Step

4-5 Days

  • Standard delivery (Delivery Outside US)

Our courier will deliver books safely at your door step. 

8-10 Days

  • Free 7-Day returns
Description

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

What does it mean to keep living when life has changed forever?

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li is a deeply personal memoir about loss, motherhood, love, memory, and the difficult work of continuing to live after unimaginable tragedy. Rather than offering simple answers or a traditional story of healing, Li uses writing, gardening, reading, music, philosophy, and everyday life to examine what remains after loss.

The book grew from Li’s experience of losing both of her sons, Vincent and James. Through clear, thoughtful prose, she considers grief without trying to make it neat or easy. The result is a powerful meditation on what it means to remember someone, to love them after they are gone, and to continue existing in the world around you.

A Memoir About Love, Loss, and Acceptance

At the center of the book is a mother’s attempt to understand experiences that cannot truly be explained. Li reflects on motherhood, memory, suffering, mortality, and the limits of what one person can know about another.

The title itself comes from Li’s observations of her garden. Plants do not search for explanations or demand a particular meaning from life. They simply grow when they can and become dormant when they must. That simple idea becomes part of Li’s wider reflection on how human beings continue living through circumstances they cannot control.

Why Readers May Connect With This Memoir

If you are looking for a thoughtful memoir about grief and loss, this book offers something different from a conventional guide to overcoming sorrow. Li does not promise closure. Instead, she explores how love, memory, thought, and ordinary routines can exist alongside grief.

Readers will find:

  • A deeply personal account of motherhood and loss
  • Reflections on grief, memory, mortality, and love
  • Thoughtful discussions of philosophy and literature
  • Gardening and everyday routines as ways of continuing life
  • A direct and intellectually engaging writing style
  • A powerful meditation on what it means to remember

The memoir is particularly suited to readers who appreciate literary nonfiction that asks difficult questions rather than providing easy conclusions.

For readers interested in meaningful nonfiction, A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot and A Book of Life by Peter Kingsley offer two thoughtful perspectives on life, resilience, meaning, and the human experience. (bookwharf.com)

Additional information
Weight453.9 g
Dimensions453 × 1.14 × 20.96 cm

Customer Reviews

3170b41ac8","urls":{"assets":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pro-elements\/assets\/","rest":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/wp-json\/"},"settings":{"lazy_load_background_images":true},"popup":{"hasPopUps":false},"shareButtonsNetworks":{"facebook":{"title":"Facebook","has_counter":true},"twitter":{"title":"Twitter"},"linkedin":{"title":"LinkedIn","has_counter":true},"pinterest":{"title":"Pinterest","has_counter":true},"reddit":{"title":"Reddit","has_counter":true},"vk":{"title":"VK","has_counter":true},"odnoklassniki":{"title":"OK","has_counter":true},"tumblr":{"title":"Tumblr"},"digg":{"title":"Digg"},"skype":{"title":"Skype"},"stumbleupon":{"title":"StumbleUpon","has_counter":true},"mix":{"title":"Mix"},"telegram":{"title":"Telegram"},"pocket":{"title":"Pocket","has_counter":true},"xing":{"title":"XING","has_counter":true},"whatsapp":{"title":"WhatsApp"},"email":{"title":"Email"},"print":{"title":"Print"},"x-twitter":{"title":"X"},"threads":{"title":"Threads"}},"woocommerce":{"menu_cart":{"cart_page_url":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/cart\/","checkout_page_url":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/checkout\/","fragments_nonce":"19ef8cc47a"},"productAddedToCart":true},"facebook_sdk":{"lang":"en_US","app_id":""},"lottie":{"defaultAnimationUrl":"https:\/\/bookwharf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pro-elements\/modules\/lottie\/assets\/animations\/default.json"}}; //# sourceURL=elementor-pro-frontend-js-before