Charlie Gilmour’s first book, Featherhood, was short-listed for the Wainwright Prize and was a Guardian, Sunday Times, and Spectator Book of the Year.
*****
It is wise, self-aware, never forced, often funny, beautifully crafted, and, in the end, as moving as Kes, that other great work about a boy who is given the gift of liberation by a bird.
Craig Brown, MAIL ON SUNDAY
*****
Featherhood is one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Sir Elton John