FLEDGLING

Hannah grew up loving birds and her parents taught her about the wonders of the British countryside from a young age. Years later she moved to Ghana for her husband's work. Without a job or purpose of her own, and striving to belong in the rural grasslands far from home, she felt any sense of normal life and connection falling away. It was the birds that offered a glimmer of hope and, fuelled by their quiet nature, her book is the raw and uplifting account of Hannah's unexpected bonds with two wild birds that she rescued, hand-raised, and released back into the wild. 'My reward was one of purpose, tinted with magic. There he was, a wild bird, born from a little egg high up in a grass nest between the dark leaves of a mango tree. Now he was with me, comforted by the beat of my heart and the sound of my voice. A wild creature in the palm of my hand...' A memoir brimming with determination and compassion exploring our instinctive connection to nature and a timely reminder that wildlife can provide solace in the most unexpected ways. 290pp.