I Can Hear the Cuckoo: Life in the Wilds of Wales
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Publishing Details
I Can Hear the Cuckoo: Life in the Wilds of Wales
By (Author) Kiran Sidhu
Octopus Publishing Group
Gaia Books Ltd
26th September 2023
11th May 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Rural communities
Memoirs
Coping with / advice about death and bereavement
630.9429
Physical Properties
Hardback
320
Width 132mm, Height 213mm, Spine 28mm
433g
Description
"A beautiful and poetic meditation on loss, nature, and what matters in life." - Nigel Warburton
From the award-winning writer of The New Yorker short film, Heart ValleyKiran Sidhu never thought she could leave London, but when her mother passes away, she knows she has to walk out of her old life and leave her toxic family behind. She chooses fresh air, an auditorium of silence and the purity of the natural world - and soon arrives in Cellan, a small, remote village nestled in the Welsh valleys.At first, the barrenness and isolation is strange. But as the months wear on, Kiran starts to connect with the close-knit community she finds there; her neighbour Sarah, who shows her how to sledge when the winter snow arrives; Jane, a 70-year-old woman who lives at the top of a mountain with three dogs and four alpacas; and Wilf, the farmer who eats the same supper every day, and teaches Kiran that the cuckoo arrives in April and leaves in July. Tender, philosophical and moving, I Can Hear the Cuckoo is a story about redefining family, about rebirth and renewal, and respecting the rhythm and timing of the earth. It's a book about moving through grief and the people we find in the midst of our sadness - and what this small community in the Welsh countryside can teach us about life.Author Bio
Kiran Sidhu is a freelance journalist and has written features, lifestyle and opinion pieces for The Guardian, Observer, Telegraph, The i Paper, The Independent, Metro, Woman magazine, Woman's Own and Breathe magazine. Her article about her farmer friend Wilf was the 13th most read article in The Guardian in 2021, and was made into a short film Heart Valley, directed by Christian Cargill and produced by Pulse Films. She lives in the Welsh Valley with her husband.
Kiransidhu.co.uk/Twitter.com/KiranSidhu41