2015. In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. As weeks turn to months and physical pain of loss gives way to memories, this little unit of three begin to heal. GRIEF IS A THING WITH FEATHERS marks the arrival of a thrilling new talent.