Author: Catriona Ward
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-250-81264-3
Opening Lines: "Today is the anniversary of Little Girl with Popsicle."
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"In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three.
"A young girl who isn't allowed outside, not after the last time.
"A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory.
"And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible"
"An unspeakable secret binsd them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all."
~ Jacket copy
Ted loves to watch the birds. Ted would be happy if he could watch the birds all day. The birds make him calm. However, when someone kills the birds, everything starts to change for Ted. Ted's world is upended and things start to crack. His relationship with his daughter becomes more chaotic and heated. His cat—his most precious and prized family member—starts to turn toxic. And, worst of all, he thinks someone has broken into his house. If only the birds had been left alone.
Warning, the following contains spoilers!
