![]() It made them feel better if ever they forgot things about their mother’. ‘Once upon a time there were two boys who purposefully misremembered things about their father. ![]() ![]() We did these things to miss her, to keep wanting her.’ (p 49) I feel that, in this book, Porter really uncovers and articulates the essence of being human and grieving. This is either because of the beauty in the way the line is written, or for its startling truth. Poetic lines that make me stop and hold my finger in my place for a moment, and just…think. There are lines throughout that feel like a punch to the stomach. Written from the perspectives of the boys, the Dad, and Crow, we see snapshots through time, the book charting their grief and the tentative process of healing.Īt 114 pages, Grief is the Thing with Feathers is a slim book but it’s an emotionally heavy one. Crow teases them, tells crude stories, protects them, offers advice. ![]() In the depths of their grief and despair, the Ted Hughes scholar and his children are visited by Crow who will help and guide them through their grief, staying until they no longer need him. At the time the book hadn’t been published, but I bought it soon after its release.Ī father and his two young sons face the sudden death of their wife and mother. ![]() Something about the title drew me in, and reading the synopsis pulled me in even further. I was still struggling through a reading slump when I read about Grief is the Thing with Feathers online. Grief if the Thing with Feathers – Max Porter ![]()
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