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Virginia Arthur

Autor de Birdbrain

5 Obras 19 Miembros 1 Reseña

Obras de Virginia Arthur

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Conocimiento común

Biografía breve
Virginia Arthur was born wild. She took to exploring the wilds of her new Ohio suburban jungle by the time she was ten, launching great birding expeditions in between backhoes and bulldozers. Her bird list grew shorter in direct correlation with the number of homes growing larger such that by the time she was 12, she was a raging environmentalist, before the word even existed. This delighted her parents to no end. She continued on this profoundly pointless and frustrating path by earning a B.S. in Field Biology and a M.S. in Botany (Ecology) only to continue the exploring, observing of a country at war with its natural self. She weaves these experiences into her novels. She has published three novels, all “comedic-drama”. Her first novel, Birdbrain, an eco-political fiction novel based on real life experiences, was published in 2014. Phat('s) Chance for Buddha in Houston (Or How I Spent My Summer Vacation), men's coming-of-age short fiction, was published in 2015. In September 2018, she published her latest, Treed, also eco-political fiction.

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This was a delightful collection of ten short stories with a plant-based connection drawing the collection together. I enjoyed every single story and author Virginia Arthur has a fun, quirky storytelling voice. A few of my favorites:

A Stranger Fig Grows in Eden
I adored this story. Rowena Favor is having an existential crisis and arguing with her real estate agent. She needs to sell her house, pronto, and can’t because she has a giant fig tree taking over her property and her life. She doesn’t want to spend the necessary money to repair the damage the tree has caused. She can’t find anyone to chop it down. I particularly loved the phone messages. This was a quirky, darling tale of a massive fig tree that becomes inexorably intertwined in a woman’s life and had some lovely lessons.

All Forces Maligned (Driving Nora Home)
I really enjoyed this story because of the complicated sister relationship and the rivalry presented.

Doe
This was a favorite! Will is a senior citizen who has come to live with his daughter and is struggling to find purpose in his life. He finds a young fawn who has gotten separated from its mother and together with two other people in the park, set up a round the clock feeding schedule. The animal lover in me adored this. I loved the ending as well.

Free the Teacher, Free the Child
This story was super short, but had plenty of snarky commentary for anyone who’s ever been in a classroom. As a former teacher, I especially enjoyed it. A good read!
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KatKinney | Jul 8, 2022 |

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Obras
5
Miembros
19
Popularidad
#609,294
Valoración
4.8
Reseñas
1
ISBNs
3