With an introduction by Robert Macfarlane Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize & winner of the Hawthornden Prize I had attached myself to the birds I couldn't move on until the birds moved on & the birds couldn't move on without the spring One winter after an enforced period of recuperation William Fiennes finds himself restless & yearning for adventure He travels to Texas where he begins a quest to trace the million-strong flocks of snow geese making their spring flight thousands of miles north to the Arctic tundra On his epic journey he meets people from every walk of life from ex-nuns to train fanatics & their stories resound with the longing to arrive at the right place in the world Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize & winner of the Hawthornden Prize The Snow Geese is a poignant & lyrical paean to the richness & wonder of the world around us A unique blend of autobiography travel & nature writing this is a classic tale of belonging & the inescapable lure of home