Featherhood - 'The best piece of nature writing since H is for Hawk, and the most powerful work of biography I have read in years' Neil Gaiman (Paperback)

'The best piece of nature writing since H is for Hawk, and the most powerful work of biography I have read in years' Neil Gaiman 'Wonderful - I can't recommend it too highly' Helen Macdonald 'One of those rare, enchanted books' Isabella Tree 'Beautiful - it made me cry' Simon Amstell 'I was entranced' Cathy Rentzenbrink This is a story about birds and fathers. About the young magpie that fell from its nest in a Bermondsey junkyard into Charlie Gilmour's life - and swiftly changed it. Demanding worms around the clock, riffling through his wallet, sharing his baths and roosting in his hair... About the jackdaw kept at a Cornish stately home by Heathcote Williams, anarchist, poet, magician, stealer of Christmas, and Charlie's biological father who vanished from his life in the dead of night. It is a story about repetition across generations and birds that run in the blood; about a terror of repeating the sins of the father and a desire to build a nest of one's own. It is a story about change - from wild to tame; from sanity to madness; from life to death to birth; from freedom to captivity and back again, via an insane asylum, a prison and a magpie's nest. And ultimately, it is the story of a love affair between a man and a magpie.

General

Imprint:	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2021
Authors:	Charlie Gilmour
Dimensions:	198 x 126 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-4746-0948-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Care of the elderly Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > Intergenerational relationships Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Advice on parenting > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > Birds & birdwatching Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > Adoption & fostering
LSN:	1-4746-0948-1
Barcode:	9781474609487

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