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The bird skinner a novel

Forced to abandon his ornithology work after being wounded in combat, World War II veteran Jim Carroway secludes himself on a tiny island off the coast of Maine, where an old friend's captivating daughter draws him out of isolation during the month before she starts college.

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Main Author: Greenway, Alice (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grove Atlantic, 2014.
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Veterans > Fiction.
Depression, Mental > Fiction.
Medical students > Fiction.
Islands > Maine > Fiction.
Ornithologists > Fiction.
Maine > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
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Summary:Forced to abandon his ornithology work after being wounded in combat, World War II veteran Jim Carroway secludes himself on a tiny island off the coast of Maine, where an old friend's captivating daughter draws him out of isolation during the month before she starts college.
Physical Description:xvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780802121042
0802121047
Author Notes:Alice Greenway lived the itinerant life of a foreign correspondent's child, growing up in Hong Kong, Thailand, Israel and the United States. As an adult, she has divided her time between the United States and Britain. Her first novel White Ghost Girls, set in Hong Kong in the 1960s, won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award For First Fiction and was on the Orange Prize longlist. She currently lives in Scotland.

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