The Bird Catcher
Laura Jacobs(Author)
Picador USA (Publisher)
Published on 22. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-312-54023-4 (ISBN)
Description
Margret Snow is the quintessential New York woman. She dresses the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue by day and mingles in the downtown art world by night. Married to Charles, a professor at Columbia, they live together on the Upper West Side; and carefully camouflaged within their hectic Manhattan lives is a mutual passion for bird watching. But when Margret's life is violently shaken by a tragedy, she discovers a means to transform her obsession with birds - and her own unlocked imagination - into an ambitious, healing work of art. "The Bird Catcher" is a witty, poignant story about a remarkable woman who is as distinctive as the birds that fill the skies above her.
Reviews / Votes
"Laura Jacobs firmly establishes herself as one of our most astute and elegant observers of a certain rarefied species of female Manhattanite." - Vanity Fair "Jacobs presents a measured and compelling yet nonlinear narrative so that readers encounter Margret's life in pieces. And it is well worth the effort to get to know her." - Booklist"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-312-54023-4 (9780312540234)
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Schweitzer Classification