A celebration of single fatherhood in the Norfolk countryside, following nine years of restoring a house, raising children, and caring for birds amidst the ups and downs of love.

Louis de Bernières, born in 1954, is a British writer, poet and musician. He read philosophy at Manchester and has worked as a teacher, motorcycle messenger, carpenter and gardener. He performs his own poetry and songs, and lives in Norfolk with his son Robin, daughter Sophie and five cats.