![]() ![]() Rain Birds is a powerful and lyrical novel about love, grief and loss, one that examines personal tragedy as set against global and environmental responsibilities, and how we negotiate our often-conflicting ideals. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads. Ultimately, unexpected events will force them both to let go of their pasts and focus on the future. Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. ![]() At first, when the two women's paths cross, they appear at loggerheads but - in many ways - they are invested in the same outcome but for different reasons. Alone in the haunted bush, and with her birds failing to thrive, Arianna's personal demons start to overwhelm her and risk undoing everything. ![]() Nearby, conservation biologist Arianna Brandt is involved in a project trying to reintroduce the threatened glossy black cockatoos into the wilds of Murrungowar National Park. As he is cast adrift in the depths of his own mind, Pina is left to face the consequences alone, until the arrival of a flock of black cockatoos seems to tie him, somehow, to the present. Now they are dealing with Alan's devastating early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis. Alan and Pina have lived contentedly in isolated - and insular - Boney Point for thirty years. ![]()
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