Max Porter

Adult

Novella

Fiction

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

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Part 1: “A Lick of Night”

Part 1 Grief is the Thing with Feathers Part 1

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Part 2 Grief is the Thing with Feathers Part 2

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Part 3: “Permission to Leave”

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Character Analysis

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Themes

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Symbols & Motifs

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