swift: A Memoir is Melinda Ferguson’s deeply personal account of love, loss and the slow journey towards healing. Written in the six weeks following the sudden death of her partner, Mat, the memoir captures the raw emotions of shock, anger and grief with unflinching honesty.

As Melinda struggles to make sense of her loss, she finds herself caring for a fragile fledgling swift rescued just seven days before Mat’s death. Nurturing the tiny bird becomes an unexpected source of comfort, and its eventual release evolves into a powerful symbol of hope, resilience and the courage to let go.

Raw, intimate and profoundly moving, swift: A Memoir reflects on the fragile moments that follow unimaginable loss and the unexpected ways in which healing begins. It is a story of heartbreak, survival and finding light in life’s darkest moments.

Melinda Ferguson is an acclaimed South African journalist, publisher and bestselling author of the memoirs Smacked, Hooked, Crashed and Bamboozled. She is also the author of the true-crime bestseller When Love Kills, which chronicles the tragic story of AKA and Anele, and the editor of The Lockdown Collection.