When we were birds: a novel
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Published:
New York : Doubleday, [2022].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First United States edition.
Physical Desc:
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780385547260, 0385547269, 9780385547260
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Banwo's When We Were Birds is a mythic love story set in contemporary Trinidad & Tobago about two young outsiders brought together by their connection with the dead. In the old house on a hill, where the city meets the rainforest, Yejide's mother is dying. She is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: one St. Bernard woman in every generation has the power to shepherd the city's souls into the afterlife. But after years of suffering her mother's neglect and bitterness, Yejide is looking for a way out. Raised in the countryside by a devout Rastafarian mother, Darwin has always abided by the religious commandment not to interact with death. He has never been to a funeral, much less seen a dead body. But when the only job he can find is grave digging, he must betray the life his mother built for him in order to provide for them both. Newly shorn of his dreadlocks and his past, and determined to prove himself, Darwin finds himself adrift in a city electric with possibility and danger. Yejide and Darwin will meet inside the gates of Fidelis, an ancient and sprawling cemetery, where the dead lie uneasy in their graves and a reckoning with fate beckons them both.
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Banwo, A. L. (2022). When we were birds: a novel. First United States edition. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd. 2022. When We Were Birds: A Novel. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd, When We Were Birds: A Novel. Doubleday, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd. When We Were Birds: A Novel. First United States edition. Doubleday, 2022.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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