8216;i Read This Book In One Sitting. I Loved The Story Of The Two Boys, Of Their Relationships With The Nature Around Them, Their Community, And Their Relationship With Each Other.' -marc Hamer, Author Of How To Catch A Mole And Spring Rainin The Vein Of H Is For Hawk And Raising Hare This Moving Memoir Shines A Light On The Transformative Power Of Nature As It Tells The Story Of Two Boys, Jean And Johnny, Who Learned The Language Of Birds.this Captivating Book Brings Together Two Birds Of A Feather: Jean And Johnny, Boys From Very Different Worlds Growing Up In A Small Village In France. Jean Is The Genteel Pharmacist&8217;s Son, Dressed In His Sunday Best; Johnny&8217;s Father Is A Rough, Working-class Sheep Herder, Always With The Odour Of Animals Clinging To Him.