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George: A Magpie Memoir
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" He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him." From poet and painter Frieda Hughes, a memoir of love, obsession , and feathers. When Frieda Hughes moved to the depths of the Welsh countryside, she was expecting to take on a few planting a garden, painting, writing her poetry column for The Times (London), and possibly even breathing new life into her ailing marriage. But instead, she found herself rescuing a baby magpie, the sole survivor of a nest destroyed in a storm—and embarking on an obsession that would change the course of her life. As the magpie, George, grows from a shrieking scrap of feathers and bones into an intelligent, unruly companion, Frieda finds herself captivated—and apprehensive of what will happen when the time comes to finally set him free. With irresistible humor and heart, Frieda invites us along on her unlikely journey toward joy and connection in the wake of sadness and loss; a journey that began with saving a tiny wild creature and ended with her being saved in return.
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"I suspect her audience will clamor for another soon."
"George is a wild animal so inevitably, he must depart."
"George is the weird but entertaining story of a woman and a bird."
"George's inevitable departure, always on the horizon, is heart-wrenching when it happens."
"Part of the charm of this book is that the author doesn't dwell on her pain or her past or the reasons why."
"Illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink drawings, this charming memoir about the author's accidental adventures in avian rescue offers tantalizing insights into her struggle to fly free of the difficult emotional legacy bequeathed by her literary-icon parents, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes."
"Hughes is capable of some wonderful reminiscences...But to get to such moments the reader must slog through pages of aimless asides ..."
"Caring for George eventually sent the author in new directions, culminating with her adoption of two owls."
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