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Author:

Lund, Emme, 1985- author.

Title:

The boy with a bird in his chest : a novel / Emme Lund.

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Atria Boks,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

308 pages : 24 cm.

Subject:

Boys--Fiction.
Fear--Fiction.
Birds--Fiction.
Difference (Psychology)--Fiction.
Gay fiction.
Magic realist fiction.

Summary:

""A modern coming-of-age full of love, desperation, heartache, and magic" (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author) about "the ways in which family, grief, love, queerness, and vulnerability all intersect" (Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author). Perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Thirty Names of Night"-- Provided by publisher.
Though Owen Tanner has never met anyone else who has a chatty bird in their chest, medical forums would call him a Terror. From the moment Gail emerged between Owen's ribs, his mother knew that she had to hide him away from the world. After a decade spent in hiding, Owen takes a brazen trip outdoors in the middle of a forest fire, and his life is upended forever. Suddenly, Owen is forced to flee the home that had once felt so confining and hide in plain sight with his uncle and cousin in Washington. There, he feels the joy of finding a family among friends; of sharing the bird in his chest and being embraced fully; of falling in love and feeling the devastating heartbreak of rejection before finding a spark of happiness in the most unexpected place; of living his truth regardless of how hard the thieves of joy may try to tear him down. But the threat of the Army of Acronyms is a constant, looming presence, making Owen wonder if he'll ever find a way out of the cycle of fear.

ISBN:

1982171936
9781982171933

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1259047311

LCCN:

2021034476

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