Isbn: 9781919184746 - fledgling (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback / Softback. Zustand: Brand New. 224 pages. 7.80x0.79x5.08 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2026. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Stuart is raised on a nature reserve in Cumbria; his family is poor. Stuartis sensitive - endlessly bullied in school, he believes in magic and feelsmore comfortable taking dance class than playing football. Stuart growsup straddling two worlds, becoming the first in his family to go touniversity. His father, an ex-con, is quick to throw a punch, and won'teat anything in public 'more flamboyant than a ploughman's' in casesomeone would take him for a 'nancy-boy'. An avid birdwatcher, he hasfound peace in his new life as a caretaker for a nature reserve. When his father is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Stuart grappleswith grief as he tries to become the man he thinks his father would wanthim to be. Interwoven in the narrative are snippets of British wildlife,particularly the birds that captivate Stuart and his father, and reflect thebond they share. The writing is surprising, hilarious, and devastating. This is a storyabout grief, about masculinity, about the love of a parent and whatremains when they're gone.…

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