The Bird Skinner by Alice Greenway
From the award-winning author of White Ghost Girls comes an evocative tale of memory, loss - and the redemptive power of friendship.
Alice Greenway creates intensely believable characters who come from other places and other timesThe Solomon Islands become characters as rich and three-dimensional as any other. She captures so well the unsleeping tragedies of the past, and how these bear in upon the present. -- Helen Dunmore
Enriching and engrossing... The book is bursting with fascinating, detailed knowledge, worn lightly. The narrative, beautifully crafted and plotted, navigates ingeniously through layers of past and present and the intertwining echoes of each. * Scotland on Sunday *
Greenway avoids the cliches of an unlikely friendship by writing with sensitivity about loss, nature and war, as Jim confronts his past. * The Independent *
Greenway deals with her characters with such sensitivity and understanding that the emotional payoff, which there is, feels justly earned. * Sunday Herald *
The Bird Skinner is a dark and moving tale of war, loss, corruption and violence. * Guardian *
Enriching and engrossing... The book is bursting with fascinating, detailed knowledge, worn lightly. The narrative, beautifully crafted and plotted, navigates ingeniously through layers of past and present and the intertwining echoes of each. * Scotland on Sunday *
Greenway avoids the cliches of an unlikely friendship by writing with sensitivity about loss, nature and war, as Jim confronts his past. * The Independent *
Greenway deals with her characters with such sensitivity and understanding that the emotional payoff, which there is, feels justly earned. * Sunday Herald *
The Bird Skinner is a dark and moving tale of war, loss, corruption and violence. * Guardian *
Alice Greenway is an American who grew up in Hong Kong. As the daughter of a foreign correspondent she also lived in Bangkok, Jerusalem and the United States. She now lives in Scotland with her family. Her first novel, White Ghost Girls, was longlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848873674 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848873670 |
| Title | The Bird Skinner |
| Author | Alice Greenway |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2014-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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