The Wandering Goose: A Modern Fable of How Love Goes [Hardcover]

A bug's life is suddenly changed when a wandering goose finds his way to her garden. They become close friends, exploring and playing in the lush garden, exchanging poems, hopes, and dreams, and eventually confessions of love. When goose begins to feel his instinct to wander, Bug's life changes again, but she comes to learn that she is surrounded by enduring love, even in loss. For the goose and bug that fall in love in this quietly moving story from debut talents Earnhardt and Clements, a happy ending isn’t in the cards—at least, not as a couple. Published for adults, though appropriate for younger readers, the story follows the animals from happy days of reading poetry and chasing fireflies to their eventual breakup ('The majestic Mississippi is calling me,' Goose tells Bug). Clements’s illustrations suggest a combination of Beatrix Potter, Art Nouveau botanical designs, and Japanese prints as she pairs Bug and Goose’s love with bursts of carrots, spring peas, and nasturtiums; their separation with heavy autumn storms; and Bug’s eventual rebound with the floral bounty of summer.  
Publishers Weekly

This is a beautiful little hardback from Sasquatch Books, with a tactile, letter-press type cover.  The illustrations are gorgeous and the fable is poignant and tender, reminding us that we are surrounded by enduring love, even in loss. This is the perfect gift for anyone going through a breakup or other heartache.  It is wonderful.
Rose City Reader

Readers who love heartbreaking and beautifully illustrated fables look no further than The Wandering Goose: A Modern Fable of How Love Goes by author Heather L. Earnhardt... This book is well written from start to finish and the reader feels Bug’s feelings as she falls in love and then goes through heartbreak. The illustrations by Frida Clements are gorgeous and make the story come to life. ThlC3