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New York: Avid Reader Press, 2023. Hardcover in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very Good. 268 pp. From inside dust jacket: From poet and painter Frieda Hughes, an intimate, charming, and humorous memoir recounting her experience rescuing and raising an abandoned baby magpie in the Welsh countryside. When Frieda Hughes moved to a ramshackle estate in the wilds of Wales, she was expecting to take on a few projects: planting a garden, painting, writing her poetry column for The Times (London), and possibly even breathing new life into her ailing marriage. 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. With irresistible humor and heart, Frieda invites…
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- Title George: A Magpie Memoir
- Author Frieda Hughes
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
- Date 2023-06-06
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9781668016503 / 1668016508
- Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.57 x 6.04 x 0.99 in (21.77 x 15.34 x 2.51 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Human-animal relationships, Autobiographies
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- Booklist, 05/01/2023, Page 14
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2023, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 01/01/2023, Page 13
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