Birdseye

The novel Birdseye contemplates loss, love that endures, and the courage it takes to voice one’s truth, no matter the circumstances.
Fisher, Maire
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978-1-4152-0704-8
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Title: Birdseye
Author: Maire Fisher
Genre: Novel
Publisher: Random House Struik
Imprint: Umuzi
Cape Town, South Africa 2014
ISBN 9781415207048 / ISBN 978-1-4152-0704-82
Softcover, 14 x 21 cm, 400 pages

Description:

When Bird’s ten-year-old twin brothers Oliver and Oscar don't return after a day of fishing, Bird appoints herself the family scribe and begins writing to the brothers she refuses to believe are gone for good. The novel Birdseye commences with: Orville stood on the doorstep, his hand raised to the knocker, but the door opened before he could move. A tall woman stood there, dressed in white. As he met her blue stare, Orville saw where the girl he had met the night before got her pale-skinned beauty from. The woman's skin was fair. Her hair, deep brown, shading towards black, fell in a smooth bob. Everything about her was chiselled, fme-boned and elegant. She didn't smile. Nor did she greet him. Orville felt the Brylcreem on his scalp warming in the afternoon sun. His tie was a noose, strangling his voice to a squeak. 'Hello,' he said, holding out his hand. 'My name is Orville Little. I'm here to call on Annie.' There was no reply. [...]

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