{"product_id":"homing-9781473635401","title":"Homing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eonglisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rich and joyous ...The book's quiet optimism about our ability to change, and to learn to love small things passionately, will stay with me for a long time' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Big-hearted and quietly gripping' Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I love Jon Day's writing and his birds. A marvellous, soaring account' \u003c\/i\u003eOlivia Laing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] beautiful book about unbeautiful birds' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This is nature writing at its best' Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Awash with historical and literary detail, and moving moments ... Wonderful'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Every page of this beautifully written book brought me pleasure'\u003c\/i\u003e Charlotte Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A vivid evocation of a remarkable species and a rich working-class tradition. It's also a charming defence of a much-maligned bird, which will make any reader look at our cooing, waddling, junk-food-loving feathered friends very differently in future' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Endlessly interesting and dazzlingly erudite, this wonderful book will make a home for itself in your heart' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eProspect\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a boy, Jon Day was fascinated by pigeons, which he used to rescue from the streets of London. Twenty years later he moved away from the city centre to the suburbs to start a family. But in moving house, he began to lose a sense of what it meant to feel at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning to his childhood obsession with the birds, he built a coop in his garden and joined a local pigeon racing club. Over the next few years, as he made a home with his young family in Leyton, he learned to train and race his pigeons, hoping that they might teach him to feel homed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving lived closely with humans for tens of thousands of years, pigeons have become powerful symbols of peace and domesticity. But they are also much-maligned, and nowadays most people think of these birds, if they do so at all, as vermin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book about the overlooked beauty of this species, and about what it means to dwell, \u003ci\u003eHoming\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the curious world of pigeon fancying, explores the scientific mysteries of animal homing, and traces the cultural, political and philosophical meanings of home. It is a book about the making of home and making for home: a book about why we return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJon Day is a lecturer in English at King's College London. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. His first book, \u003ci\u003eCyclogeography\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2015. He lives with his family in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Murray Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661059293458,"sku":"9781473635401","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b77ad378-2621-4c28-ae18-4c53fea5afad.jpg?v=1760435158","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/homing-9781473635401","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}