Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2016) Democrats and Republicans

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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2016) Democrats and RepublicansIn 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. This extraordinary debut, full of unexpected