Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd

When We Were Birds: Winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the Author's Club First Novel Award 2023

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ISBN 13:: 9780241991633
author:: Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Penguin Books Ltd
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2023
Pages:: 288
Dimensions:: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.7 centimetres (0
Genre:: Fiction & Literature, Ghost, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:: New
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Darwin's life has been marked by loss and uncertainty. Now, he arrives in Port Angeles with hopes of finding his fortune as a gravedigger. His mother's teachings have left him feeling disconnected from his Rastafari faith, and the father he never knew may be waiting for him somewhere in the city. In an old house on a hill, Yejide's mother is dying, leaving behind a legacy that passes to her daughter: the power to communicate with the dead. The women of Yejide's family have always possessed this gift, descending from corbeau, the black birds that fly east at sunset, taking with them the souls of the dead. Their paths will soon cross in the sprawling, ancient cemetery at the heart of the island, where trouble is brewing. This mesmerising love story weaves together loss and renewal, darkness and light, to create a triumphant reckoning with grief and a defiant affirmation of hope.

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