Outstanding... An elegant masterpiece... Wry but also warm and generous Roxane GayTen days after calling off her wedding, CJ Hauser went on an expedition to study the whooping crane. After a week wading through the gulf, she realised she had almost signed up to live somebody elses life.The Crane Wife is a book for anyone whose life doesnt look the way they thought it would; for anyone trying, if sometimes failing, to find joy in the unexpected.Brilliant and beautiful... An absolute must-read FRANCES CHA, author of IF I HAD YOUR FACEA thrillingly original deconstruction of desire and its many configurations Publishers Weekly