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ROBINS IN MY KITCHEN

Bryony Hill

ISBN 978-1-83574-096-5

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Publication: 28 NOVEMBER 2024
th

ISBN: 9781835740965
Price: £8.99

Binding: Paperback
Format: 178 x 111 mm

Extent: 136 pp
Illustrated: Includes illustrations

Thema: DNC Memoirs

• A wonderfully unique and interesting account
following a robin that took up residency in the
author's kitchen, laying four eggs and
nurturing the hatchlings until they were
released into the wild.
• The text provides details about the entire
journey; structured in a diary-style format,
readers are given an accurate day-by-day
description of the events as they happened.
• Beautifully illustrated by the author, bringing
the text to life.

Bryony Hill was born in Sussex and, after a year at Brighton College It all began one late spring morning when a robin unexpectedly
of Art she left England for France where she lived for four happy fluttered into Bryony’s bedroom. Unfazed, it
years. After a time in London where she met her future husband the perched on her dressing table briefly before flitting from room
late television sports presenter Jimmy Hill they returned to her home to room, eventually leaving through the kitchen
county and settled in to married life. Bryony is an avid gardener, window.
cook, artist and writer with a love of nature. Robins in my Kitchen is
Bryony 11th published book, which she has written and illustrated. With each passing day, the visits of the robin grew more
frequent, its boldness evident as it fearlessly explored its
surroundings. Soon, it began bringing moss and leaves to the
kitchen window. With each further visit, more nesting materials
would appear on the work surfaces or dropped onto the
kitchen tiles. Then, one morning, Bryony heard scuffling and
rustling noises as the robin began building a nest in the kitchen
on the shelf of a pine dresser.
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robin. She witnessed the little bird’s unwavering dedication,
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0116 279 2299 Bryony’s life; as she observed the hatchlings grow under the
vigilant care of their parents until one day, under the watchful
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without notice. 19/06/2024
garden.