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The kindness of birds / Merlinda Bobis.

By: Copyright date: ©2021Description: vii, 230 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781925950304
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.4 23
Contents:
Front Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- O Beautiful Co-Spirit -- When the Crow Turns White -- The Kindness of Birds -- The Air of the Times -- Candido's Revolution -- My Tender Tender -- My Father's Australia -- Naming the Flowers -- The Sleep of Apples -- My Love, My Nerūsē -- Singing Back -- Grandma Owl -- Angels -- Ode to Joy -- Acknowledgements.
Summary: An oriole sings to a dying father. A bleeding-heart dove saves the day. A crow wakes a woman's resolve. Owls help a boy endure isolation. Cockatoos attend the laying of the dead. Always there are birds in these linked stories that pay homage to kindness amidst loss, grief, discord and displacement, from Australia to the Philippines.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 823.4 BOB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 20297

Front Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- O Beautiful Co-Spirit -- When the Crow Turns White -- The Kindness of Birds -- The Air of the Times -- Candido's Revolution -- My Tender Tender -- My Father's Australia -- Naming the Flowers -- The Sleep of Apples -- My Love, My Nerūsē -- Singing Back -- Grandma Owl -- Angels -- Ode to Joy -- Acknowledgements.

An oriole sings to a dying father. A bleeding-heart dove saves the day. A crow wakes a woman's resolve. Owls help a boy endure isolation. Cockatoos attend the laying of the dead. Always there are birds in these linked stories that pay homage to kindness amidst loss, grief, discord and displacement, from Australia to the Philippines.

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