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The Book of Dead Birds - by  Gayle Brandeis (Paperback) - 1 of 1

The Book of Dead Birds - by Gayle Brandeis (Paperback)

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  • Author(s): Gayle Brandeis
  • 256 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Asian American

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About the Book



Brandeis eloquently captures a young woman's struggle to come to terms with her mother's terrible past while she searches for her own place in the world.



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Ava Sing Lo has been accidentally killing her mother's birds since she was a little girl. Now in her twenties, Ava leaves her native San Diego for the Salton Sea, where she volunteers to help environmental activists save thousands of birds poisoned by agricultural runoff.

Helen, her mother, has been haunted by her past for decades. As a young girl in Korea, Helen was drawn into prostitution on a segregated American army base. Several brutal years passed before a young white American soldier married her and brought her to California. When she gave birth to a black baby, her new husband quickly abandoned her, and she was left to fend for herself and her daughter in a foreign country.

With great beauty and lyricism, The Book of Dead Birds captures a young woman's struggle to come to terms with her mother's terrible past while she searches for her own place in the world.



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"Lyrical, imaginative, beautifully crafted, and deeply intelligent. Before anything else, its characters take you by the heart." - Barbara Kingsolver

"[It] has an edgy beauty that enhances perfectly the seriousness of its contents." - Toni Morrison

"THE BOOK OF DEAD BIRDS is a story of healing--a skillful, textured weaving of dark and light." - Donna M. Gershten, author of KISSING THE VIRGIN'S MOUTH

"The plight of the mother and daughter is ... heartbreaking." - Kirkus Reviews

"Brandeis's writing is sensitive, lyrical and diverse." - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"A uniquely inventive novel." - Rocky Mountain News

"Intricate and elegant ... a novel that illustrates a compelling search for meaning that is ultimately familiar." - Denver Post

"Moving ... powerful and strangely interesting." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"An emotional story forged in crystalline prose." - Bust Magazine

"[A] vivid tale of a woman learning to save and cherish life." - San Francisco Chronicle

"A moving and perceptive first novel." - O magazine


Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.34 Inches (W) x .64 Inches (D)
Weight: .43 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Asian American
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Author: Gayle Brandeis
Language: English
Street Date: December 13, 2013
TCIN: 1003134829
UPC: 9780060528041
Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-9732
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.64 inches length x 5.34 inches width x 8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.43 pounds
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