When we were birds : a novel
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Published
New York : Doubleday, 2022.
ISBN
9780385547260, 0385547269
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Batavia Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Doubleday, 2022.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780385547260, 0385547269
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The introduction of a singularly stunning new voice in fiction, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's When we were birds is a mythic love story set in contemporary Trinidad & Tobago about two young outsiders brought together by their connection with the dead. In the old house on a hill, where the city meets the rain forest, Yejide's mother is dying. She is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: one St. Bernard woman in every generation must shepherd the city's souls into the afterlife. But after years of suffering her mother's neglect and bitterness, Yejide is looking for a way out. Raised in the countryside by a devout Rastafarian mother, Darwin has always abided by the religious commandment not to interact with death. He has never been to a funeral, much less seen a dead body. But when his ailing mother can no longer work and the only job he can find is grave digging, he must betray the life she built for him in order to provide for them both. Newly shorn of his dreadlocks and his past and determined to prove himself, Darwin finds himself adrift in a city electric with possibility and danger. Yejide and Darwin will meet inside the gates of Fidelis, Port Angeles's largest and oldest cemetery, where the dead lie uneasy in their graves and a reckoning with fate beckons them both.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Banwo, A. L. (2022). When we were birds: a novel (First United States edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd. 2022. When We Were Birds: A Novel. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd. When We Were Birds: A Novel Doubleday, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd. When We Were Birds: A Novel First United States edition., Doubleday, 2022.
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