TY  - BOOK
AU  - Porter,Max
TI  - Grief is the thing with feathers : a novel 
SN  - 9780571327232
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Faber and Faber
KW  - Grief
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Bereavement
KW  - Motherless families
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Death
KW  - Fathers and sons
KW  - Widowers
KW  - fast
KW  - London (England)
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Novellas
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "First published in 2015 by Faber & Faber Ltd., London"--Title page verso
N2  - In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. This sentimental bird is drawn to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him. As weeks turn to months and the pain of loss gives way to memories, the little unit of three starts to heal. In this extraordinary debut - part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief - Max Porter's compassion and bravura style combine to dazzling effect. Full of unexpected humour and profound emotional truth, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers marks the arrival of a thrilling new talent.--
ER  -