The Magpie Big Book of Magpies A Collection of Words and Images |
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| Author:
| Puska, Irja |
| Editor:
| Vukelich, Desanka |
| Cover Design by:
| Black, Michelle |
| Photographer:
| Wells, Malcolm
Ross-Taylor, A.
Attwood, Caroline
Smith, John-Mark
Spratt, Annie
Wilcox, Taylor
Mihai C, Alex
Spiske, Markus
Visalli, Antonino
Dahlem, M.
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Ormerod, E.
Amann, Lisa
Akbar, Rinaldi
Alybaba,
Jankovic, Anita
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Rhee, Alex |
| ISBN: | 978-0-646-82058-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2020 |
| Publisher: | irja Puska
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | AUD $7.00 |
Book Description:
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Parallel stories of girls and women are told alongside the story of magpies and crows. The characters experience the familiar pattern of false hope and new starts. The intimacy of youth between bird and girl fades and the story evolves the girl watches the bird and the bird watches the woman. The disposition of crows and magpies are different but marry with growing up in a world where there are many rites of passage. At times, the birds carry the wisdom and sensitivity to understand...
More DescriptionParallel stories of girls and women are told alongside the story of magpies and crows. The characters experience the familiar pattern of false hope and new starts. The intimacy of youth between bird and girl fades and the story evolves the girl watches the bird and the bird watches the woman. The disposition of crows and magpies are different but marry with growing up in a world where there are many rites of passage. At times, the birds carry the wisdom and sensitivity to understand our needs better than we do. In the stories as told by the characters we become aware of suffering, perseverance and character. Character gives us hope that if we have survived the past we can conquer the future, even a future we cannot perceive.