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How To Turn Into A Bird
Tin House Books
ISBN13:
9781953534460
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This book is a gift. Megan McDowell From the award-winning author of How to Order the Universe, María José Ferrada beautifully details the life and lessons of an unconventional man and the boy who loves him. After years of hard work in a factory outside of Santiago, Chile, Ramón accepts a peculiar job: to look after a Coca-Cola billboard located by the highway. And it doesnt take long for Ramón to make an even more peculiar decision: to make the billboard his new home. Twelve-year-old Miguel is enchanted by his uncles unusual living arrangement, but the neighborhood is buzzing with gossip, declaring Ramón a madman bringing shame to the community. As he visits his uncle in a perch above it all, Miguel comes to see a different perspective, and finds himself wondering what he believeshas his uncle lost his mind, as everyone says? Is madnessand the need for freedomcontagious? Or is Ramón the only one who can see things as they really are, finding a deeper meaning in a life they cant understand from the ground? When a local boy disappears, tensions erupt and forgotten memories come to the surface. And Miguel, no longer perched in the billboard with his uncle, witnesses the reality on the ground: a society that, in the name of peace, is not afraid to use violence.With sharp humor and a deep understanding of a childs mind, How to Turn Into a Bird is a powerful tale of coming of age, loss of innocence, and shifting perspectives that asks us: how far outside of our lives must we go to really see things clearly?
- | Author: Elizabeth Bryer, María José Ferrada
- | Publisher: Tin House Books
- | Publication Date: Dec 06, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 296 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1953534465
- | ISBN-13: 9781953534460
- Author:
- Elizabeth Bryer, María José Ferrada
- Publisher:
- Tin House Books
- Publication Date:
- Dec 06, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 296 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1953534465
- ISBN-13:
- 9781953534460