Wednesday, November 13, 2013

All the Birds, Singing

I enjoyed All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld which has an unusual structure.  The story is written in the first person by Jake Whyte, a young woman who has bought a small sheep farm on a British island and wants to be left alone.  Her sheep are being attacked and she is puzzled by the wounds inflicted.  She later finds a man sleeping in her barn taking shelter and the story continues about their relationship and her life on the island.  Jake has a mysterious past and in the alternate chapters we learn about that past in reverse.  Each alternate chapter takes the reader further back in time till we learn about the terrible secret which has brought her so far from her home in Australia. 31/2/5

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