Do Not Feed the Bear, Rachel Elliott
Do Not Feed the Bear, Rachel Elliott
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Do Not Feed the Bear

Author: Rachel Elliott

Narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick, Esther Wane

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tinder Press

Published: 08/08/2019


Synopsis

A life-affirming novel of love, loss and letting go - for readers of ELEANOR OLIPHANT, THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP and WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT

On her forty-seventh birthday, Sydney Smith stands on a rooftop and prepares to jump...

Sydney is a cartoonist and freerunner. Feet constantly twitching, always teetering on the edge of life, she's never come to terms with the event that ripped her family apart when she was ten years old. And so, on a birthday that she doesn't want to celebrate, she returns alone to St Ives to face up to her guilt and grief. It's a trip that turns out to be life-changing - and not only for herself.

DO NOT FEED THE BEAR is a book about lives not yet lived, about the kindness of others and about how, when our worlds stop, we find a way to keep on moving.

(P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Rachel Elliott

Rachel Elliott is the author of Whispers Through a Megaphone, longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2016, and Do Not Feed the Bear. She is also a psychotherapist, and lives in Bath.


Reviews

Goodreads review by pergamentfalter on January 23, 2022

***Bären füttern verboten*** Rachel Elliott "Wollten sie nie vor Freude tanzen, Ihrem Körper freien Lauf lassen, umhertoben, springen." Wenn ich mich für ein Wort entscheiden müsste, um Rachel Elliotts Roman "Bären füttern verboten" zu beschreiben, dann wäre es wohl Lebendigkeit. Das Leben in all seine......more

Goodreads review by Clarissa on December 19, 2023

Herzig, ich hab irgendwie Vibes a la Mariana Leky und ein bisschen Elizabeth Strout bekommen, würde aber sagen, dass ich die oben genannten Autorinnen nach wie vor bevorzugen würde. Es ist eine liebe Story über alle möglichen Facetten der menschlichen Erfahrung, sehr lebensnah, aber durch die vielen......more

Goodreads review by Esther on December 19, 2020

3,5 ⭐️......more

Goodreads review by Snoakes on July 04, 2019

Sydney Smith is a freerunner. She only truly feels in control of things when she is focused on the next jump, roll, spring. She is also a cartoonist and her current project is to document her own story, but she's struggling. When she was a child, a terrible event on a summer holiday ripped her family......more

Goodreads review by Julie on September 02, 2019

This is a book of people with their own agendas. People who have experienced a moment when everything changed; either years before or during the book itself. Sydney is perhaps the point around which others exist, a person who cannot keep still, who discovers things. The other people are her immediat......more


Quotes

Beautifully written, Elliott's unique, mesmerising voice effortlessly draws you in Woman & Home

Utterly uplifting and a warm reminder that people are here to help Stylist

A moving and gently humorous portrait of loss, grief and finding a way through...Wonderfully redemptive

[An] ingenious, funny novel... Sad, wise and upbeat by turns' Daily Mail

There is love and pain and such humour. The author is a psychotherapist with the key to the human heart Saga

A beautifully poignant tale about loss, love, compassion, and being kind to people whose stories and struggles - in the past and present - are overlooked Culturefly

An uplifting and heart-warming tale about love, loss and moving on, and the importance of being kind to each other - and ourselves Heat

A perfect read for fans of ELEANOR OLIPHANT and THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP Woman's Way

I was delighted and surprised by this textured, fascinating and most moving book Chris Ware