“Candid ... interspersed with poems and homely sketches of George, Hughes's memoir has an enveloping quality to it that brings us inside the lively world she created for herself.”──Irish Independent
“A poignantly heart-warming delight ... illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink drawings, this charming memoir about the author's accidental adventures in avian rescue offers tantalizing insights into her struggle to fly free.”──Kirkus
“A charming diary of life with a tame magpie - despite George's bad behaviour, it will render corvid lovers (like me) green with envy!”──Katherine May, author of Wintering
“George the magpie trashes the author's house, terrifies the cleaning lady, and helps tank her failing marriage--and yet you cannot help falling madly in love with him. Frieda Hughes observes this little black and white bird with the meticulous eye of a naturalist and the penetrating lyricism and of a poet. This book is a joy from beginning to end.”──Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus