I Can Hear the Cuckoo
Life in the Wilds of Wales
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I Can Hear the Cuckoo
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Narrated by:
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Aysha Kala
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By:
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Kiran Sidhu
About this listen
From the award-winning writer of The New Yorker short film, Heart Valley
Kiran Sidhu never thought she could leave London, but when her mother passes away, she knows she has to walk out of her old life and leave her toxic family behind. She chooses fresh air, an auditorium of silence and the purity of the natural world - and soon arrives in Cellan, a small, remote village nestled in the Welsh valleys.
At first, the barrenness and isolation is strange. But as the months wear on, Kiran starts to connect with the close-knit community she finds there; her neighbour Sarah, who shows her how to sledge when the winter snow arrives; Jane, a 70-year-old woman who lives at the top of a mountain with three dogs and four alpacas; and Wilf, the farmer who eats the same supper every day, and teaches Kiran that the cuckoo arrives in April and leaves in July.
Tender, philosophical and moving, I Can Hear the Cuckoo is a story about redefining family, about rebirth and renewal, and respecting the rhythm and timing of the earth. It's a book about moving through grief and the people we find in the midst of our sadness - and what this small community in the Welsh countryside can teach us about life.
©2023 Kiran Sidhu (P)2023 Octopus Publishing GroupCritic Reviews
"A beautiful and poetic meditation on loss, nature, and what matters in life." (Nigel Warburton)