Noteworthy pre-publication acclaim for Barbara Wansbrough's searing, moving odyssey into and out of grief, coming from the innovative Eris Press in November

'Now that the romance and terror of grief are so current and familiar - and we seem so knowledgeable about it - Wansbrough's book seems all the more remarkable. That grief and a curiosity about, and passion for, the natural world should be inextricable Wild Things makes abundantly clear. Wansbrough's voice is lucid, and straightforward and strangely visionary, as she recounts simply the walks she took after her sister's death. Wild Things is not merely consoling, but a kind of inspiration.'

Adam Phillips, author of On Giving Up and Missing Out

'The wondrous Wild Things gripped me like a series of tender letters from a dearest friend. With grace and fierce resolve, Wansborough tends her grief over her beloved sister's death by immersing herself in the natural world where she takes her daily walks, and her exquisite book helps to lift a reader's spirits, reminding us that our loved ones walk alongside us as closely as sorrow does. It's unforgettable and life-changing.' 

Naomi Shihab Nye, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award

'Wild Things is a strange, beautiful, sorrowful book, which walks its way both into and partway through grief. It's a love-song to sisterhood, and a hymn to the curious forms of consolation and companionship that come from opening eyes and heart to the nearby wild world.'

Robert MacFarlane, author of The Old Ways and The Wild Places