num_pages: 272
description:  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 stormand 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 captivatedand 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.
language: English
title: George: A Magpie Memoir
publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster