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The Anatomy of Wings
By Foxlee, Karen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37585-643-3 978-0-37595-643-0
- Publisher
- Knopf
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2009
Gr 10-Up This complex novel explores the fragility of innocence and the existence of miracles in everyday life. Jenny, a prepubescent girl in an Australian mining town, retraces the last year of her teenage sisters life in an effort to understand what appeared to be Beths descent into moral degradation but was perhaps actually her acceptance of martyrdom after seeing an angel. Told through Jennys naive and trusting voice, the narr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
"[Nanna] told me things that her mother had told her, for instance, if you are unhappy with an embroidered flower you should unstitch it. It is the same with life. If you are unhappy you must unstitch it until you find the wrong part and make it right." Set in a poignantly evoked, sun-scorched 1980s Australian mining town, Foxlee's graceful first novel recounts a tragedy that occurred despite family members' efforts to "unstitch." Eleven-year-o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Set in a poignantly evoked 1980s Australian mining town, Foxlee's graceful first novel recounts a family tragedy. Eleven-year-old Jennifer...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
