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Before Women Had Wings

Connie May Fowler

Paperback | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 4.02 | 3390 Users | 312 Reviews

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Original Title:	Before Women Had Wings
ISBN:	0449911446 (ISBN13: 9780449911440)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (1998)

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My name is Avocet Abigail Jackson. But because Mama couldn't find anyone who thought Avocet was a fine name for a child, she called me Bird. Which is okay by me. She named both her children after birds, her logic being that if we were named for something with wings then maybe we'd be able to fly above the shit in our lives. . . .                      

So says Bird Jackson, the mesmerizing narrator of Connie May Fowler's vivid and brilliantly written, Before Women Had Wings.                      

Starstruck by a dime-store picture of Jesus, Bird fancies herself "His girlfriend" and embarks upon a spiritual quest for salvation, even as the chaos of her home life plunges her into a stony silence. In stark and honest language, she tells the tragic life of her father, a sweet-talking wanna-be country music star, tracks her older sister's perilous journey into womanhood, and witnesses her mother make a courageous and ultimately devastating decision.                      

Yet most profound is Bird's own story--her struggle to sift through the ashes of her parents' lives, her meeting with Miss Zora, a healer whose prayers over the bones of winged creatures are meant to guide their souls to heaven, and her will to make sense of a world where fear is more plentiful than hope, retribution more valued than love. . . .                    

"A thing of heart-rending beauty, a moving exploration of love and loss, violence and grief, forgiveness and redemption."          
--Chicago Tribune                      

"There is no denying the depth of Connie May Fowler's talent and the breadth of her imagination."          
--The New York Times Book Review                      

"Brilliant."          
--The Boston Sunday Globe

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Title	:	Before Women Had Wings
Author	:	Connie May Fowler
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Ballantine Reader's Circle
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	April 22nd 1997 by Ballantine Books (first published May 7th 1996)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. American. Southern

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Ratings: 4.02 From 3390 Users | 312 Reviews

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Powerful book! I read this in one sitting last night because my heart was totally drawn into Bird's story. Ms. Fowler portrays the abused child perfectly. The love/hate relationship with the parent. She also gives you insight to the abuser. It's a book that will stay with you after you finish it.

A young girl tries to "come of age" while her family collapses around her. She's rescued by a mysterious woman with seemingly magical powers. Similar story to Secret Life of Bees but way, way better.

This book should be depressing. It really should be, but when I read the final word and closed the book for the last time, I came away with an awesome sense of hope. Connie May Fowler expertly explores themes of growing up, poverty, abuse, abandonment and grief. The graphic descriptions of abuse, both physical and verbal, turned my stomach, but rather than being voyeuristic, the pain enhanced the feeling of hope. Readers actually believed that the characters could break out of the spiral they

When I started reading this book,it reminded me of Bastard Out of Carolina; I also saw similiarities to Glass Castle. Bird, a young girl, narrates the novel about her dysfunctional highly abusive family. The strength of the book is her voice -- the pain is palpable and the coping mechanisms she employs commendable. Her relationship with an elderly neighbor is an important reminder about how anyone can make a huge difference to a child in our own neighborhoods/communities with relatively small

The character young "Bird" is caught in a despicable situation. An alcoholic father, who eventually kills himself, a physically and mentally abusive mother, and the worse part is, she knows nothing else and believes in her parents and this is love. I believe what I loved most about this story, are the saving graces and angels who come into her life and prove to her that love does not have to be so chaotic and hurtful and that there is some goodness. It is at the point in the story where, Bird

I loved this book even though it had some harsh scenes of family violence and alcoholism. Bird is the younger of two daughters who live in Florida in the late sixties with their alcoholic parents who used the belt on their young daughters almost as much as they raised the bottle.Even though the situation seems heart wrenching, the girls, especially Bird, who's telling the story,live their lives the best way that they can. More later. 6/2/2018

I picked this book up at a clearance sale without reading the synopsis or first few pages like usual. The title and cover intrigued me enough so I added it to my stack of new finds with thoughts of eventually getting to it. Little did I know when I picked it up again to finally read it, I wouldn't be able to put it down. I read it in two sittings but could have easily gobbled it up in just one. I was engulfed in the story right from the start. The author does an amazing job or giving the right