GeorgeAn Oprah Magazine Book of the Year 2023 'A magical, endearing memoir the literary romance of the year' Oprah 'This book pulses with a defiant wonder at the living world, as wild and unruly as our feathered hero' Polly Morland, author of A Fortunate Woman Then, just in time, before I swung the spade again, I saw, right by the blade and camouflaged by the leaves on the ground, a magpie chick. It squatted belligerently, peering up at me with miniature