Marie-Helene Bertino
1) Parakeet
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A darkly funny and warm-hearted novel about a young woman whose dead grandmother (in the form of a parakeet) warns her not to marry and sends her out to find an estranged loved one"--
2) Beautyland
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A tender, deeply wise novel of a young woman who doesn't feel at home on this earth, by the author of Parakeet"--
At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different; she also possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival...