Birdy Flynn - Helen Donohoe 电子书Mobi+epub
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Teens > Literature & Fiction
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Oneworld Publications (May 9, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1780749392
ISBN-13: 978-1780749396
Birdy Flynn Paperback – May 9, 2017
by Helen Donohoe (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Birdy-Flynn-Helen-Donohoe/dp/1780749392
Product details
Teens > Literature & Fiction
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Oneworld Publications (May 9, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1780749392
ISBN-13: 978-1780749396
Birdy is a complex, compelling creation by an author who has a wonderful feel for the untidiness of life ― for its haphazard kindnesses, its casual cruelties, its sometimes baffling conventions and codes. A terrific debut. ―Sarah Waters, award-winning author of The Paying Guest
Birdy Flynn carries secrets. There is the secret of Birdy’s dead grandmother’s cat. How the boys tortured it and Birdy had to drown it in the river to stop it from suffer-ing. There’s the secret of Mrs. Cope, the teacher who touched Birdy. The secret of the gypsy girl at school who Birdy likes. But she can’t tell anyone about any of these secrets. Because Birdy’s other secret is that while she fights as good as the boys, she is a girl, and she doesn’t always feel like a girl is supposed to. So Birdy holds on to her secrets and tries to become what others want, even it if means losing herself. BIRDY FLYNN is a beautifully nuanced and deeply felt portrayal of a girl growing up amid an imperfect family, and an imperfect world, to become the person she was meant to be.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Birdy’s struggle with gender identity is sufficient story for one novel, but there is enough plot here for two ... first-time novelist Donohoe handles the material skillfully."
―Booklist
Review
Birdy is a complex, compelling creation by an author who has a wonderful feel for the untidiness of life ― for its haphazard kindnesses, its casual cruelties, its sometimes baffling conventions and codes. A terrific debut.
―Sarah Waters, award-winning author of The Paying Guest
About the Author
HELEN DONOHOE studied politics and government at Manchester University and the LSE. For a long time she dedicated her career to speaking up for the powerless and invisible as an LGBT campaigner, social activist, lobbyist and volunteer. While studying for her Master's in Creative Writing at City College London, she was mentored by the novelist Sarah Waters. Helen won the PFD Novel Writing Prize for the first draft of her debut, BIRDY FLYNN. She now writes full-time and lives in London with her partner and two daughters.
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