{"product_id":"nine-birds-singing-9780981024158","title":"Nine Birds Singing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTravel back to the swinging sixties with Maddie, a young woman breaking free of her religious upbringing, as she explores how best to live in the world. Follow her journey from Vancouver to Mexico to the Gulf Islands in British Columbia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHave dreams. Must travel.\u003c\/i\u003e The magnetic words that her lover Joey sticks to a refrigerator door propel Maddie into a journey to recapture her independence and finally free herself from the abusive fanaticism of her past. Profound friendships vie with skewed love and loss to fuel Maddie's search for redemption in this powerfully-written debut novel. From Vancouver in the 1960s to present day Mexico, and a small island off the Pacific west coast, \u003ci\u003eNine Birds Singing\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a compelling odyssey of self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWords: their veiled truths, their unexpected revelations, their sly power. The role of words in the lives of the characters in \u003ci\u003eNine Birds Singing\u003c\/i\u003e is the thread that connects and carried them to their ultimate destiny: ruination, renewal, and finally acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaddie is a writer of local history who wants to use her words to unlock the hidden truths that lay just below the surface of her life. But it's magnetic words on a refrigerator door - Have dreams. Must travel - that push Maddie into the journey she must take: the search for what she has yearned for all her life: independence and freedom from the abusive fanaticism of her parents' religious beliefs. The novel weaves through past glories and youthful hubris in a search for understanding and acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoey uses words both to define himself and redefine himself, but his words do not always encompass the whole truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThea collects words. She doesn't ever want to be caught without words and she rarely is. The secret that Thea carries to her ultimate end, leads Maddie finally to her own place of acceptance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarmelita's words are spare and carefully chosen. She becomes the container for all the stories, the witness, the listener, until she allows words to finally open her heart again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eNine Birds Singing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf, like me, you despair for the collapse of the English language, take comfort. In \u003ci\u003eNine Birds Singing\u003c\/i\u003e, you will discover a veritable Aladdin's Cave of delights. Edythe Anstey Hanen not only uses the basic blocks of language, words, to propel her characters and her story, each word has been selected with meticulous care with attention to its meaning and its ability to resonate. The work is a symphony for the logophile. Don't miss it. -- Patrick Taylor. USA Today, New York Times and Globe and Mail best-selling author of the \u003ci\u003eIrish Country Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Birds Singing\u003c\/i\u003e is a finely written book, lovingly crafted, poignant and perceptive. A tale of gradual self-understanding, awakening and ultimate release -- Nick Bantock, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Griffin and Sabine Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNine Birds Singing\u003c\/i\u003e, Edythe Anstey Hanen's appealing narrator, Maddie, recalls and examines her own search for independence from her parents' restrictive values. The writer and Maddie, together, gather the reader in to share an intimate, wise, and moving tale. Jack Hodgins, author of \u003ci\u003eSpit Delaney's Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will enjoy the unique views and poetic pacing of \u003ci\u003eNine Birds Singing\u003c\/i\u003e by Edythe Anstey Hanen. She savors and survives landscapes and relationships in teasing but tasty quick episodes. Her novel takes readers via circular time travelling through decades of Maddie's life in Canada and Mexico. Enjoy this new voice  - Bernice Lever, author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, Black Moss Press, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edythe Anstey Hanen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Arcadia Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780981024158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdythe Anstey Hanen has published prize-winning short stories and poetry in literary magazines including \u003ci\u003eRoom Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and anthologies across Canada, in addition to articles in the \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eHamilton Bay Observer\u003c\/i\u003e and is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eMexconnect\u003c\/i\u003e, an online travel magazine. She lives on Bowen Island in British Columbia, Canada, where for many years she was the editor of the \u003ci\u003eBowen Island Undercurrent.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Arcadia Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41180657320051,"sku":"9.78098E+12","price":21.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c6307a26-d03d-46f4-ac42-38b132751ff1.jpg?v=1703695076","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/nine-birds-singing-9780981024158","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}