Featherhood by Charlie Gilmour audiobook

Featherhood: A Memoir of Two Fathers and a Magpie

By Charlie Gilmour
Read by Charlie Gilmour

Simon & Schuster Audio 9781501198502

Unabridged

Format : Retail CD (In Stock)
  • $39.99

    ISBN: 9781797116914

Runtime: 8.58 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

In this “vivid…lovely and inviting” (The New York Times) coming-of-age memoir—the “best piece of nature writing since H Is for Hawk (Neil Gaiman)—a young man saves a baby magpie as his estranged father is dying, only to find that caring for the bird saves him.

This is a story of two men who could talk to birds—but were completely incapable of talking to each other.

A father who fled from his family in the dead of night, and the jackdaw he raised like a child.

A son obsessed with his absence—and the young magpie that fell into his path and refused to fly away.

This is a story about the crow family and human family; 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.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Featherhood is one of the best books I’ve ever read. I urge you to seek it out, buy it, and be enchanted. It’s incredibly moving and I loved every single page.” Elton John, singer, songwriter, and New York Times bestselling author
“Astonishing…It’s 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, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“A moving account of [Gilmour’s] attempts to make sense of his deeply complicated father while assessing his own suitability for fatherhood, wrestling with the question of nature versus nurture.” The Times (London)
“A captivating memoir…A sensitive, often moving chronicle of transformation for bird and man.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“With his English accent and languid yet expressive voice, author/narrator Charlie Gilmour is charming company…In both word and performance, Featherhood is reflective, poetic, and full of wry bird moments. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” AudioFile

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Author Bio: Charlie Gilmour

Author Bio: Charlie Gilmour

Charlie Gilmour lives in South London with his wife and daughter.

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Available Formats : Retail CD
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Runtime: 8.58
Audience: Adult
Language: English