Bibliograph

When we were birds, a novel, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

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When we were birds, a novel, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

When we were birds

Oclc number

12420198041242017448

Responsibility statement

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Sub title

a novel

Summary

The St. Bernard women have lived in Morne Marie, the house on top of a hill outside Port Angeles, for generations. One woman in each generation is responsible for the passage of the city's souls into the afterlife. But when Petronella dies, Yejide is unprepared to fulfill her destiny. Darwin has always abided by the religious commandment not to interact with death, but when his mother can no longer work, the only job he can find is grave digging. Yejide and Darwin meet inside the gates of Fidelis, Port Angeles's largest and oldest cemetery, where the dead lie uneasy in their graves. -- adapted from jacket

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