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Title: Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Max Porter
Narrator: Jot Davies
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-31-17
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:
Here he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar - a man adrift in the wake of his wife's sudden, accidental death. And there are his two sons who like him struggle in their London apartment to face the unbearable sadness that has engulfed them. The father imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness, while the boys wander, savage and unsupervised.
In this moment of violent despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, goad, protector, therapist, and babysitter. This self-described "sentimental bird", at once wild and tender, who "finds humans dull except in grief", threatens to stay with the wounded family until they no longer need him. As weeks turn to months and the pain of loss lessens with the balm of memories, Crow's efforts are rewarded and the little unit of three begins to recover: Dad resumes his book about the poet Ted Hughes; the boys get on with it, grow up.
Part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief, Max Porter's extraordinary debut combines compassion and bravura style to dazzling effect. Full of angular wit and profound truths, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers is a startlingly original and haunting debut by a significant new talent.

Critic Reviews:
"[A] remarkable debut. Like a prose poem in its splendid language but with its own swift flow, this is highly recommended for ambitious readers." (
Library Journal Starred Review)

Members Reviews:
Odd, but also unique in capturing grief
We can't live without experiencing grief and yet we never seem to prepare each other for it. It is both universal and incredibly personal. Max Porter's Grief Is The Thing With Feathers captures both the chaotic, disjointed, unmoored early stages and the eventual moving on, while also acknowledging that you are never quite the same. The missing star in this review is due to the many references to Ted Hughes' writing. If the reader is unfamiliar with that work, it leaves out the fullness of Porter's intent.

Best book I've read in years! But not everyone's cup of tea.
Have read this multiple times. Compelling, fascinating! This is the kind of literature you need to "chew on" to really derive its full meaning.

Grief is a Thing with Feathers
A small book (114 pages) that on one hand can be quickly read, on the other hand, I read it twice to get its full meaning as it's written in an unusal manner. The story is about mourning and survival after the death of a loved one, so the disjointed style very accurately catches your thinking and feelings at such a time. This may sound depressing, but it's not, it even has a few funny moments. Before reading it though, I'd look up "Ted Hughes, Sylvia Platte and crow" on Wickipedia as the protaganist is writing a book about them, they are mentioned quite a bit, and are relevant to his thinking. It only takes a minute to check this out and it's worth it. If you don't know Emily Dickens' mini poem "Hope is a Thing with Feathers", check that out, too. Both of these references add depth to this very moving and inciteful book.

It's all about the crow
One of the quirkiest and most unique Memoir books I have ever read. If you enjoy experimental writing which is dark and meaty, this is a phenomenal read.

Heartbreaking.