A Thousand Paper Birds
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (661 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XP2S8HB |
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| Number of Pages | : | 159 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
As the mystery of her death unravels, the characters journey through the seasons to learn that stories, like paper, can be refolded and reformed. Milly, a child quick to laugh, freely roams Kew, finding beauty everywhere she goes. Quiet and enigmatic, he longs for something - or someone - who will root him more firmly to the earth. Audrey links these strangers together. Haunted by songs and origami birds, this novel is a love letter to a garden and a hymn to lost things.. Chloe, shaven-headed and abrasive, finds solace in the origami she meticulously folds. But when she meets Jonah, her carefully constructed defences threaten to fall. An intimate portrait of five inextricably linked lives, spanning one calendar year at Kew Gardens - an exquisite, strange and beautiful debut for fans of Alice Sebold, Curtis Sittenfeld, Barbara Kingsolver and Audrey Niffenegger. After the sudden death of his wife, Audrey, Jonah sits on a bench in Kew Gardens, trying to reassemble the shattered pieces of his life. But where is her mother, and where does she go when the gardens are closed? Harry's purpose is to
"It Has It's Positives, but Not My Usual Fare" according to Cariola. I can't quite explain why I downloaded this audiobook as it's just not the kind of thing I usually enjoy. Maybe it was the fact that it interweaves the stories of five different characters (a frame to which I'm partial), or maybe it was because it's set mainly in Kew Gardens, a place that I loved visitin. "An astonishing debut" according to Mr. SCK Bain. Beautiful, unexpected and compelling debut from a fully-fledged talent. It's a complete fictional world which drew me in and held me rapt from start to finish. Highly recommended.