All the Birds, Singing

Name: All the Birds, Singing
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780143791034
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By Evie Wyld

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All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld is a gripping novel that weaves together the past and present lives of Jake Whyte, a solitary sheep farmer on a remote British island. Haunted by her troubled past in Australia, Jake is confronted by mysterious occurrences on her farm. With an atmospheric tension and rich character development, the narrative explores themes of isolation, trauma, and survival.
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All the Birds, Singing

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Winner of the 2014 Miles Franklin Award

Who or what is watching Jake Whyte from the woods?

Jake Whyte is the sole resident of an old farmhouse on an unnamed island, a place of ceaseless rains and battering winds. It's just her, her untamed companion, Dog, and a flock of sheep. Which is how she wanted it to be. But something is coming for the sheep - every few nights it picks one off, leaves it in rags.

It could be anything. There are foxes in the woods, a strange boy and a strange man, rumours of an obscure, formidable beast. And there is Jake's unknown past, perhaps breaking into the present, a story hidden thousands of miles away and years ago, in a landscape of different colour and sound, a story held in the scars that stripe her back.

Set between Australia and a remote English island, All the Birds, Singing is the story of how one woman's present comes from a terrible past. It is the second novel from the award-winning author of After the Fire, A Still Small Voice.

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All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld is a critically acclaimed novel praised for its atmospheric writing and psychological depth. Reviewers have highlighted its skilful interweaving of past and present narratives and the powerful exploration of themes such as isolation and trauma. The protagonist's complex character and the suspenseful, mysterious plot have captivated readers, making it a compelling read in general fiction.

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ISBN: 9780143791034

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 March 2018

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 174g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Evie Wyld grew up in Australia and the UK. She is part owner of Review, a small independent bookshop in London. Her first novel, After the Fire, A Still Small Voice, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Betty Trask Award. In 2011 she was listed as one of the Culture Show's Best New British Novelists. She was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award. In 2013 she was listed as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. Evie's second novel, All The Birds, Singing, was published in 2013. It was longlisted for the 2014 Stella Prize and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and shortlisted for the Costa Novel Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. She is the winner of the 2013 Encore Award, the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, the 2014 Miles Franklin Award and the 2021 Stella Prize. Her graphic novel with illustrator Joe Sumner, Everything Is Teeth, was published in 2015.

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