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Cargando... Birds in Fallpor Brad Kessler
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Interesting perspectives from viewpoint of airplane crash grieving family members and innkeepers role on the island. The key character Ana, who studies bird migrations, forms the backbone of the story hence the title of the novel. It a sad story, should follow this book with something more cheerful. Definitely recommend it! ( ) This is a quiet book about the sorrow of lives lost in a plane crash. I see some reviews say the book was too depressing. While it is certainly a sad story I found the connection (sometimes very slight) of the people who lost loved ones to be very hopeful. Also, I really love Kevin. He is a true nurturer. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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One fall night off the coast of a remote island in Nova Scotia, an airplane plummets to the sea as an innkeeper watches from the shore. Miles away in New York City, ornithologist Ana Gathreaux works in a darkened room full of sparrows, testing their migratory instincts. Soon, Ana will be bound for Trachis Island, along with other relatives of victims who converge on the site of the tragedy. As the search for survivors envelops the island, the mourning families gather at the inn, waiting for news of those they have lost. Here among strangers, and watched over by innkeeper Kevin Gearns, they form an unusual community, struggling for comfort and consolation. A Taiwanese couple sets out fruit for their daughter's ghost. A Bulgarian man plays piano in the dark, sending the music to his lost wife, a cellist. Two Dutch teenagers, a brother and sister, rage against their parents' death. An Iranian exile, mourning his niece, recites the Persian tales that carry the wisdom of centuries. At the center of "Birds in Fall" lies Ana Gathreaux, whose story Brad Kessler tells with deep compassion: from her days in the field with her husband, observing and banding migratory birds, to her enduring grief and gradual reengagement with life. Kessler's knowledge of the natural world, music, and myth enriches every page of this hauntingly beautiful and moving novel about solitude, love, losing your way, and finding something like home. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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