The Bird House
A Novel
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- 13,99 €
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- 13,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
From the critically acclaimed author of Standing Still comes a psychologically charged novel about the power and failure of family.
When Ann Biddle’s granddaughter Ellie asks for help with a school project about family history, Ann sees a rare chance to connect with the child she loves. But as the two begin piecing together the past, Ann’s carefully guarded memories start to fracture and resurface. Moving between present-day confusion and the vivid diary entries of her younger years, The Bird House reveals a family shaped by love, loss, betrayal, dementia, and secrets that have waited decades to be told.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Simmons (Standing Still) smoothly shifts between past and present in her complex and poignant second novel, told from the point of view of a courageous woman suffering from dementia. Ann Biddle, a venerable Main Line lady, may have trouble remembering current dates and times, but she clearly remembers the details of her daughter's death, her troubled marriage, and the man who has always truly loved her. When a school project gives Ann the opportunity to spend time with her eight-year-old granddaughter, Ellie, Ann is determined not to allow Tinsley, her controlling daughter-in-law, to sabotage their burgeoning relationship, even if it means a little extortion. By the end, Ann can declare: "We had our own constitution now, our little family, built on a solid foundation of lies, secrets, regrets, and debts. But even dark underpinnings can support something solid and light, can they not?" Enthralled readers will agree.
