Bird Cottage

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But as the book progressed, and the reasons for – and consequences of – her decision played out on the page, it became more interesting than I could have hoped. A year before WWII breaks out and Len takes the plunge and moves to Sussex, where she sets about creating her very own cohabitational sanctuary for birds. The first person perspective which has been used throughout works so well, as does the present tense which is continually used. In this case, it allowed me to do justice to what it means to share one’s life with non-human animals – to care about them, fight for them, and often also lose them.

The two books she published in her lifetime were great successes, but when she died in 1973 her work sank into oblivion. Grundisburgh is a picturesque village located just 3 miles from Woodbridge and 6 miles from the county town of Ipswich.

Other nearby attractions include Framlingham Castle, Sutton Hoo, Melford Hall, Africa Alive Zoological Reserve and Yoxford Antiques Centre and Gardens. The interior consciousness of Howard is effectively staccato, punctuated like pecks of thought or short images. As she grows older and spends less time with people (“there are always things that take precedence”), Len becomes increasingly eccentric.

Unorthodox eccentric she may have been but it is nice to know that Howard has not simply been forgotten. Bird Cottage, by Dutch author Eva Meijer, alternates between snapshots of Howard’s life – sometimes months, more often several years apart – and anecdotal studies of the birds that she lives among in her Sussex cottage.The outside patio area is bright and sunny and has patio furniture all ready for you to enjoy spending time together alfresco. Bird Cottage is her first novel to be translated into English, has been nominated for the BNG and Libris prizes in the Netherlands and is being translated into several languages. Howard’ın baştankara kuşu Yıldız ile deneyimlerini Howard’ın yazılarından alıyor,sağlam ve hareketli bir kurgu oluşturuyor.