Penguin the Magpie

The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family

De: Cameron Bloom, Bradley Trevor Greive

Narrado por: Richard Roxburgh, Edwina Wren

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX FILM PENGUIN BLOOM

“A triumph that will make your heart soar” (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus), this true story follows a family’s journey of recovery, hope, and courage as they nurse an injured magpie back to health—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Day Book.

When Sam Bloom suffers a near fatal fall during a vacation, she is left paralyzed and deeply depressed. One of their three sons, reeling from the tragic accident, discovers an injured magpie chick abandoned after she had fallen from her nest. The boys name the bird Penguin, for her black-and-white plumage. As they nurse Penguin back to health, the incredible joy, playfulness, and strength she exudes fortify the family and especially lift Sam’s spirits.

“A unique and remarkable insight into a family dealing with tragedy and finding their way through it with love, courage, and hope” (Naomi Watts), Penguin the Magpie reminds us all that, no matter how lost, fragile, or damaged we feel, accepting the love of others and loving them in return will help to make us whole.

Left me shocked

I didn’t think this book would be good. It was so simple that it was perfectly fulfilling. We all know the story of human and animal connection but this also educated us on the disabled experience and the true impact of these injuries. Definitely recommend.

Do not miss this book!

Beautiful and inspiring. Especially anyone who works with patients and spinal cord injuries, a must listen!

Excellent! Excellent in so many ways!

Hope is what this book gives us all! Loved the story, the love in this family (including Penguin the Magpie - she is mentioned as part of this family multiple times in the book), the courage, the perseverance, the struggle through adversity to still find a joyful life. Penguin, of course. I'm a huge animal lover, and do animal rescue, and so loved the rescue theme of Penguin rescuing the family, and the family rescuing her. It's not a real long audiobook. You can easily become engrossed in the story and listen to the entire book in an evening.

Loved Sam Bloom's hopeful epilogue at the end of the story - advice for others who may be reading and have suffered, or know someone who has suffered, a spinal cord injury. How to deal with the situation, heal emotionally and physically, and still find a good life. Richard Roxburgh was an excellent narrator. This book was written very well, and I have read multiple books on spinal cord injuries, but this one is the best I've read as far as explaining all the ups and downs (physically and emotionally, and the struggles for the caregivers and family too) a person goes through - the grief and loss of the person they were, the anger, the sadness, and of course the love, joy, and hope. What we all need more of. Sam Bloom's husband, Cameron (Cam), does the best job I've ever read in a spinal cord injury book of telling about what he, his wife and their family went through in recovering from this serious injury.

And, I loved Edwina Wren's voice in the final chapter, speaking Sam Bloom's words. I have a lot of Audiobooks, and I have never loved a narrator's voice so much that I purposely went to Audible to see what other books she has narrated. This may be the first Audible book (out of over 1,000 I have) that I've written a review on.

All-in-all, an excellent book. And, they're making a movie out of it. Can't wait to see it when it's out.

Thank you all for all the love, courage and hard work you put into this book. It's given me so much hope. ;)

amazing

I loved the story and how it was narrated. I only wish it was longer but wanting more is what tells how much you enjoy it

Made me cry uplifted my soul

Had a rough day it's hard to live in a planet where evil people can get away with so much wrong and I found this book because Netflix is advertising the film. The book completely uplifted me I also ordered a copy of it so I can hold it and go through the photos. I watch videos on YouTube of the family and I also love Richard the quirky Australian actor who reads this I am really enjoyed his TV shows. Great audible book. I cant wait to receive the actual book to page through and see Penguin w/ beautiful family.