Mateship with Birds [electronic resource]
Carrie Tiffany2012
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WINNER OF THE STELLA PRIZE 2013
"clever, original and richly rewarding" Australian Bookseller & Publisher
"it might just be the sweetest book about sex you will ever read" Sydney Morning
Herald
On the outskirts of an Australian country town in the 1950s, a lonely farmer
trains his binoculars on a family of kookaburras that roost in a tree near his
house. Harry observes the kookaburras through a year of feast, famine, birth,
death, war, romance and song. As Harry watches the birds, his next door
neighbour has her own set of binoculars trained on him. Ardent, hard-working
Betty has escaped to the country with her two fatherless children. Betty is
pleased that her son, Michael, wants to spend time with the gentle farmer next
door. But when Harry decides to teach Michael about the opposite sex, perilous
boundaries are crossed.
Mateship with Birds is a novel about young lust and mature love. It is a hymn to
the rhythm of country life - to vicious birds, virginal cows, ...
Main title:
Mateship with Birds [electronic resource] / Carrie Tiffany
Author:
Carrie Tiffany, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Picador Australia, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743345313
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
427930
Electronic access:
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