Description
In a London flat, two young boys and their father are left to navigate the sudden absence of a mother, where grief arrives not as a single feeling but as a living, shifting presence. As the household reels through visits, silence, and the strange rituals of mourning, a crow—part trickster, part healer, part babysitter—appears and insists on staying until the family can learn how to live with loss. Blending novella, polyphonic fable, and lyrical essay, the story turns everyday heartbreak into a mythic exploration of how memory, love, and language can both wound and mend. With Max Porter’s distinctive, compassionate bravura and sharp, unexpected humor, this is a profound meditation on the ways we grieve—and the unlikely forms comfort can take.
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Published Jan 1, 2016
ISBN: 9781555977412
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First Published
2015
Language
eng
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Content and trigger warnings for Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter.