Grief Is The Thing With Feathers

Dua’s Monthly Read for April 2025

“Ever so occasionally, you pick up a book and it spins you around and turns you upside down. This is one of those books. In his debut novel, author Max Porter ripped up the rule book of what a novel should do and instead presents us with something so wild, so mind-bending and just so beautiful. 

“It’s the story of a young family devastated by grief when the boys’ mother suddenly dies. As the weight of their grief threatens to sink them, a human-size crow arrives on their doorstep and moves in, announcing that he will stay until they no longer need him. Yes, you read that right – a giant talking crow. Is Crow here to help, or purely to cause chaos? Is he even real or a figment of their imagination? That’s the question that carries through the book but, by the end, it barely matters, as his purpose becomes clearer. 
 
“It might take you a second to get into the voice of Crow but once you are, you are in for a treat. Grief Is The Thing With Feathers is definitely a book where you really just have to surrender to the story – take it from me, let yourself go and enjoy the wild ride.” – Dua Lipa

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