Other Birds

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There are some lovely characters in here, people you will enjoy getting to hang with, however briefly. I could not put this book down; it made me want to move to the fictitious Mallow Island and meet the dellawisps. In college, she majored in literature -- because, as she puts it, "I thought it was amazing that I could get a diploma just for reading fiction. Caring about them made it easy to suspend my disbelief for just awhile, long enough to enjoy this story and long enough to remember them, I’m sure. Charlotte, hippie , scooter rider, henna artist, 26, reserved young woman still deals with the ghosts of her past and the friend she’s lost.

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Since Frasier had known Paloma, he tells Zoe Roscoe Avenger seeks stories Lizbeth had written and wishes to publish them and Zoe is offered the job of finding them. Allen has won numerous awards for her work including; 2008 SIBA Book Award for fiction for her novel Garden Spells, Best Women's Fiction of 2007 by the American Library Association's Reading List, 2008 RT Reviewers Choice Award for Women's Fiction for her novel The Sugar Queen, [7] and the Department of Literature at UNC Asheville named Addison the 2015 Goodman Endowed Artist. There, Zoey is disappointed to find little in the way of clues about the life of her late Cuban immigrant mother, Paloma Fernandez Hennessey, but she does encounter a cast of intriguing and quirky neighbors, including Charlotte, a henna artist raised in a cult who is at first reluctant to become Zoey’s friend and hides a major secret. There are, of course, also a few ghosts because this author is known for her addition of magical realism. There are several other characters, including a famous author, some who bond with Zoey over time, and some stories from the past, as well.Zoey is 18 and right out of high school when she comes to claim her mother’s condo at the Dellawisp, on Mallow Island off of Charleston, SC. Words cannot explain how I felt about these amazing characters – they were so original, flawed, but ultimately full of love. This group of motley misfits, living in this condo complex, on a small island, are drawn together by proximity and a few strange events and things quickly escalate in a way that doesn't feel quite believable; which is kind of funny because I was absolutely onboard with the magical part of the story.

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The community is run by Frasier, the caretaker who holds a special affinity for the Dellawisp birds. It was as if her dad, stepmother, and her two step siblings were waiting for her to finally move out of their house so they could really be a family without her intrusion in their lives. I think, had this been given a little more time to breathe, the page count been a little longer, it might have fleshed things out more. Please read the reviews from those who love the genre and the author because it’s just a matter of personal taste and nothing more. Zoey has been summoned to the enchanted and unique Mallow Island, just outside of Charleston, after her mother's passing to clean out her things and claim her apartment.

Nearly every restaurant and bakery had a chalkboard sign with a marshmallow item on its menu—marshmallow popcorn, chocolate milk served in toasted marshmallow cups, sweet potato fries with marshmallow dipping sauce. years old Zoey, talking with her invisible bird Pigeon moves to this place to experience the life of her mother left for her as soon as she got her trust fund, leaving his neglectful father and criticizing stepmother behind. In chapter 9, Zoey says, “Invisible did not always mean imaginary,” and in chapter 22, she says, “Not everything has to be real to be true.

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There is a mystery within the pages of this book, but to me, this is more about the lives of the characters, the magic of those living and the memories of those in-between. As is typical of Magical Realism, there's just a touch of otherworldliness to the story, which I absolutely love. but at the same time, I think doing more of a deep dive on these characters would have been welcome.Whether it’s holding a bit less tightly to the memory of a loved one, or leaving emotional or physical trauma in the past, letting go is sometimes the healthiest choice we can make for ourselves.

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This book is about the grief, the ghosts of the people who shaped and reformed the main characters’ lives and power of learning how to let go and believe in yourself to start over! There are other members of the tribe (even some ghostly ones) but I don’t want to give any plot points away.Zoey Hennessey, almost 19, has just relocated from Tulsa to Mallow Island, on the coast of South Carolina.