Cry of the Wild is a unique book on eight animals who have had to learn to adapt to the way humans build modern life. A fox (grown strong on pepperoni pizza from East End dustbins) dances along a railway track towards Essex. An orca (mourning the loss of her mother on the Isle of Sky) knows she must now lead the pod as matriarch. At moonrise in a West Country river, an otter floats slowly downstream. Also read of geese ‘flying in from the north with snow falling from their wings’ and life imagined through the eyes of a young rabbit and a white owl.
This book gives us the chance to inhabit the lives of a cast of wild creatures as they navigate a changed world. By turns tragic and joyful, every story yields fascinating insights into the way our fellow earthlings make their way through life.
Contents
- Fox
- Orca
- Human
- Mayfly
- Rabbit
- Gannet
- Otter
- Eel
about the author
Charles Foster is a Wainwright-shortlisted nature writer. He is a fellow of Exeter College and University of Oxford and has particular passions for Greece, waves, mountains and swifts.
