”Beguiling and astute” Sarah Winman”Astoundingly good” Deborah MoggachA life-affirming novel about broken but loving families, people making mistakes but doing their best, grief and getting stuck - for readers of `Eleanor Oliphant` and `The Trouble WIth Goats and Sheep`On her forty-seventh birthday, Sydney Smith stands on a rooftop and prepares to jump...Sydney is a cartoonist and freerunner. Feet constantly twitching, always teetering on the edge of life, she`s never come to terms with the event that ripped her family apart when she was ten years old. And so, on a birthday that she doesn`t want to celebrate, she returns alone to St. Ives to face up to her guilt and grief. It`s a trip that turns out to be life-changing - and not only for herself.`Do Not Feed the Bear` is a book about lives not yet lived, about the kindness of others and about how, when our worlds stop, we find a way to keep on moving.