num_pages: 185
description: I am as brown as brown can beAnd my eyes as black as sloe;I am as brisk as brisk can beAnd wild as forest doe.(The Child Ballads 295)So begins a beautiful tale of love loss and revenge. Following the seasons A Pocketful of Crows balances youth and age wisdom and passion and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless wild girl.Only love could draw her into the world of named tamed things. And it seems only revenge will be powerful enough to let her escape.Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins this is a stunning and original modern fairytale.
language: English
title: A Pocketful of Crows
publisher: Gollancz