The Wild Birds ranges over the Northwest and across decades, circling a diverse cast on the blind hunt for happiness. A lovesong to the living world, this shimmering, intricate web of a book is going to capture hearts.
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Karen Russell,
New York Times bestselling author of
Swamplandia! and
Vampires in the Lemon Grove Strelow's writing brings to mind early Barbara Kingsolver...
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Washington Independent Review of Books Starting a human story from a harrier hawk's point of view is one thing, but learning the hawk is hunting blind is but the first epiphany-twist in this novel Strelow sustains in the musical key of surprise. The prevailing intelligence in this story is feral, or sacred, where wise child Lily knows "the orchestra of whim and wonderment were not to be conducted by anyone other than herself." An array of seekers travel unprotected through a landscape that welcomes them "to taste from the fountain" of the deep life force. This book will convey you through complex forms of kinship, and into the intuitive heart of the natural world, where a new way to be human is just being found.
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Kim Stafford, author of
100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared The Wild Birds illuminates the human spirit and reveals the long and sometimes twisted roads we take to find ourselves, our families, and our homes.
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Midwest Book Review