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![]() | The Children of Crow Cove (2004) (The first book in the Children of Crow Cove series) A novel by Bodil Bredsdorff |
A timeless novel about the kindness of strangers
Near a little cove where a brook runs out to the sea live a girl and her grandmother. All alone with no neighbors at all, the two lead a peaceful existence. They have a house, dine on sea kale and mussels and sand snails, and build fires from driftwood. But the grandmother is very old. When the time comes that the girl must bury the woman, she makes up a funeral song about the birds she is watching: Two crows never fly alone, and death is never, ever past. The next day the same crows seem to beckon her, and so the Crow-Girl begins her journey, one in which she will meet people both warm and cold, hurt and hurtful. And the Crow-Girl, before she knows it, has the makings before her of a new family . . .
This lyrical story, with its characters' moments of darkness always overcome through incredible humanity, introduces a strong new voice for American readers.
Near a little cove where a brook runs out to the sea live a girl and her grandmother. All alone with no neighbors at all, the two lead a peaceful existence. They have a house, dine on sea kale and mussels and sand snails, and build fires from driftwood. But the grandmother is very old. When the time comes that the girl must bury the woman, she makes up a funeral song about the birds she is watching: Two crows never fly alone, and death is never, ever past. The next day the same crows seem to beckon her, and so the Crow-Girl begins her journey, one in which she will meet people both warm and cold, hurt and hurtful. And the Crow-Girl, before she knows it, has the makings before her of a new family . . .
This lyrical story, with its characters' moments of darkness always overcome through incredible humanity, introduces a strong new voice for American readers.
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Used availability for Bodil Bredsdorff's The Children of Crow Cove
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Hardback Editions
September 2006 : Hardback
| Title: The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove Author(s): Bodil Bredsdorff ISBN: 0-7569-8186-7 / 978-0-7569-8186-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Perfection Learning Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove Author(s): Bodil Bredsdorff ISBN: 0-374-31247-8 / 978-0-374-31247-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove Author(s): Bodil Bredsdorff ISBN: 0-374-40003-2 / 978-0-374-40003-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
2005 : Audio CD
| Title: The Crow-Girl (UNABRIDGED - CD) Author(s): Bodil Bredsdorff ISBN: 1-4193-3824-2 / 978-1-4193-3824-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
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