![]() ![]() My biggest worry right now is screwing up this review BECAUSE I NEED ALL OF YOU TO READ THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THI- okay, you get the picture. We’ve all gone through grief at least once in our lives. The above are real stories from my own bookish friends. ![]() “I saw my best friend cry over her dead dad.” ![]() Full of unexpected humour and profound emotional truth, Grief is the Thing with Feathers marks the arrival of a thrilling new talent. In this extraordinary debut – part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief, Max Porter’s compassion and bravura style combine to dazzling effect. As weeks turn to months and physical pain of loss gives way to memories, this little unit of three begin to heal. ![]() This self-described sentimental bird is attracted to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow – antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother’s sudden death. Title: Grief is the Thing with Feathers. ![]()
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