George : a magpie memoir [text (large print)] / Frieda Hughes.

Hughes, Frieda, author

Large print edition.

Oxford : ISIS, 2024.

318 pages (large print) ; 24 cm

Standard print edition originally published: New York: Avid Reader Press, 2023.

Then, just in time, before I swung the spade again, I saw, right by the blade and camouflaged by the leaves on the ground, a magpie chick. It squatted belligerently, peering up at me with miniature magpie fury. George. When Frieda Hughes moved to the depths of the Welsh countryside, she was expecting to take on a few projects: planting a garden, painting and writing her poetry column for the 'Times'. But instead, she found herself rescuing a baby magpie, the sole survivor of a nest destroyed in a storm - and 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 captivated - and apprehensive of what will happen when the time comes to finally set him free.

9781399169059 (pbk)

598.864
821.92

PR6058.U347

598.864
LP598.864

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