As the Crow Flies [Paperback]

I can still hear them, I hear them in my head all the time.
Those songs I sang. But I don't sing them anymore.

Alfie keeps hiding Beth's gardening gloves. She's got lots to do and it's just not funny anymore. Why won't he realise that gardening is helping her forget everything? Why can't he see she's still not over her divorce? Why can't he just be nice?

Based on a true story of a woman who struck up an unlikely friendship with a wounded crow,As the Crow Fliesis a heart-warming story of friendship, healing and kindness from award-winning playwright Hattie Naylor.

A funny, moving and timeless story of our endless fascination with birdsAs the Crow Flieswas first produced by Pentabus Theatre Company in March 2017.

Hattie Naylorhas won several national and international awards for her plays, and has much of her work broadcast on BBC Radio, includingMathilde,Solaris,The Making of Ivan the Terrible,Ivan and the Dogs(Tinniswood Award for Best Original Radio Drama in 2009), andClarissa. The stage version ofIvan and the Dogswas nominated in the 2010 Olivier Awards for Outstanding Achievement. Theatre and opera work includeGoing Dark,Mother Savage, the operaOdysseus Unwound,The Nutcracker,Ben Hur, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Samuel Pepys' Diaries, Piccard in Space, andTheDark Art of Forgetting.