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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Gilmour, Charlie Samson.     Subjects     Gilmour, Charlie Samson -- Family relationships.     Williams, Heathcote.     Fathers and sons -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Wild birds as pets -- Anecdotes.     Birds -- Anecdotes.     Magpies -- Anecdotes.     Human-animal relationships -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gilmour, Charlie Samson.       by title:      Featherhood : a memo...       by call number:      921 G488f     Search the Web     Gilmour, Charlie Samson.     Gilmour, Charlie Samson -- Family relationships.     Williams, Heathcote.     Fathers and sons -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Wild birds as pets -- Anecdotes.     Birds -- Anecdotes.     Magpies -- Anecdotes.     Human-animal relationships -- Biography.       MARC Display

Featherhood : a memoir of two fathers and a magpie / Charlie Gilmour. by Gilmour, Charlie Samson. Scribner, 2021. Call #: 921 G488f Subjects Gilmour, Charlie Samson -- Family relationships.   Williams, Heathcote.   Fathers and sons -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Wild birds as pets -- Anecdotes.   Birds -- Anecdotes.   Magpies -- Anecdotes.   Human-animal relationships -- Biography. ISBN:  9781501198502 (hc.) Edition:  1st Scribner hardcover ed. Description:  294 p. ; 22 cm. Summary:  "In this moving, critically acclaimed memoir, a young man saves a baby magpie as his estranged father is dying, only to find that caring for the mischievous bird saves him." "One spring day, a baby magpie falls out of its nest and into Charlie Gilmour's hands. Magpies, he soon discovers, are as clever and mischievous as monkeys. They are also notorious thieves, and this one quickly steals his heart. By the time the creature develops shiny black feathers that inspire the name Benzene, Charlie and the bird have forged an unbreakable bond. While caring for Benzene, Charlie learns his biological father, an eccentric British poet named Heathcote Williams who vanished when Charlie was six months old, is ill. As he grapples with Heathcote's abandonment, Charlie comes across one of his poems, in which Heathcote describes how an impish young jackdaw fell from its nest and captured his affection. Over time, Benzene helps Charlie unravel his fears about repeating the past--and embrace the role of father himself. A bird falls, a father dies, a child is born. Featherhood is the unforgettable story of a love affair between a man and a bird. It is also a beautiful and affecting memoir about childhood and parenthood, captivity and freedom, grief and love."--From publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 921 G488f Core Collection - Adult Adult Display 1 Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 921 G488f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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