there is something hidden among the margins of white paper and black ink-true sorcery that only Sarah Addison Allen can master. This book is more than the sum of its parts. If I could rent a condo in the Dellawisp for the summer I’m certain I’d never leave. And soon enough, the other residents of the Dellawisp become a found-family that Zoey never expected. The other residents who live in the Dellawisp are a curious mélange of outcasts, ghosts, and birds, but on the first night, when one of her neighbors is found dead, Zoey’s quiet summer becomes something quite extraordinary. A cobblestone, horseshoe-shaped building called the Dellawisp-named after a variety of local birds-becomes Zoey’s unlikely home. The story begins when eighteen-year-old Zoey arrives at her deceased mother’s home on the island of Mallow, which is known for its marshmallow confections. This book casts an unmistakable spell on its readers, and Allen writes with prose that feels like pure alchemy, as if each sentence were a summoning of autumn air and long-forgotten magic. Other Birds is the story we all need right now, lyrical and heartbreaking and layered with hope. I wanted to read this book slowly, absorbing each word carefully, yet I found myself rapidly thumbing through the pages with tears in my eyes. When you find an author you love, and they publish a new book after many years away, cracking open the first page is like sinking into the arms of an old friend.
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