Friday, January 22, 2021

Parakeet

 

Parakeet / Marie-Helene Bertino, read by Angela Dawe 224 pgs.

The week of her wedding, the bride is ensconced at the venue trying to get things together.  She returns to her room and is confronted by her dead grandmother in the form of a bird.  Grandma tells her to find and reconnect with her estranged brother and then shits all over he wedding dress. With a start that like that, you can guess this is not your average story. There are others parts that are a little surreal but plenty that seems like it could be real.  Maybe I was having a little trouble telling them apart?  Everything you learn about the bride and her family is interesting and will keep you reading.  When the book veers off in other directions, it isn't as good.  Luckily, the bride is mostly the focus.  

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