Byrd
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Kim Church
Addie Lockwood believes in books. Roland Rhodes believes in blues guitar. Coming of age in the small-town South of the 1970s, they form a friendship as extraordinary as it is unlikely. They meet again in their disillusioned thirties, this time in California, where Roland's music career has landed him. Venice Beach is exotic, a world away from North Carolina and Addie's cloistered life as a bookstore clerk. But when her whirlwind reunion with Roland leaves Addie pregnant, reality sets in. Conflicted, unready to be a mother, she gives birth to a son--Byrd--and surrenders him for adoption without telling Roland, little imagining how the secret will shape their lives. Told through letters and sharply drawn vignettes, Byrd is an unforgettable story about making and living with the most difficult, intimate, and far-reaching of choices.
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Author
Kim Church
Pages
228
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Published Date
2017
ISBN
1941531881 9781941531884
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"I read this book for the first time a few years ago, and my difficulty with young adult fiction at that time was that it so often felt like a mere relation of events, peppered with an eye color here and vague scenery there; this story, however, takes the time and reverent care to describe that which goes unnoticed in your standard suburban setting. It is heartbreaking, real, and tastefully romanticized, and I cannot recommend it enough. "
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