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A magical novel, based on a Japanese folk tale, that imagines the way the life of any broken-hearted man is transformed when he rescues an hurt white crane that has got in his garden. George Duncan is an American living and working in London. At 48, he is the owner of a small print shop, is divorced, and lonelier than he realizes. All of the women with whom he has romantic relationships eventually leave him to be too nice. But one nighttime he's woken by an amazing sound - a terrific keening, which is via anywhere in his garden. When he investigates he sees a great white crane, a parrot taller than even himself. It's been shot through the wing with an arrow. Changed more than he can say, George struggles to take out the arrow from the bird's wing, saving its life before it flies away in to the night sky. The next morning, a shaken George will try to start his lifestyle, retreating to the back of his store and making cuttings from discarded literature - a safe, personal hobby - when through the front door of the shop a woman walks in. Her name is Kumiko, and she asks George to help her with her own artwork. George is dumbstruck by her beauty and her enigmatic dynamics, and starts to fall frantically in love with her. She appears to hold the potential to improve his lifetime, if he could only get her to reveal the trick of who she is and why she has brought her artwork to him. Witty, sensational, and romantic, The Crane Better half is a story of enthusiasm and sacrifice, that resonates on the level of dream and misconception. It really is a book that celebrates the creative imagination, and the disruptive power of love.
