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Max Porter: Grief is the Thing with Feathers (2015) 4 stars

Crow brings hope

5 stars

This amazing book creeps into you as you move through it. Three protagonists, "Dad", "Boys" and "Crow" show different views of grief at the loss of the boys' mother. Written like a disjointed play, the short book manages to be heartfelt and heartbreaking, hopeful and tearful all simultaneously. The poetic writing and the well defined, carefully crafted voices of each character ensure the book wraps its wings around you and holds you, firm but not constricting. And then it lets you go.