num_pages: 308
description: BOY Novak turns twenty and decides to try for a brand-new life. Flax Hill Massachusetts isnt exactly a welcoming town but it does have the virtue of being the last stop on the bus route she took from New York. Flax Hill is also the hometown of Arturo Whitmancraftsman widower and father of Snow. SNOW is mild-mannered radiant and deeply cherishedexactly the sort of little girl Boy never was and Boy is utterly beguiled by her. If Snow displays a certain inscrutability at times thats simply a characteristic she shares with her father harmless until Boy gives birth to Snows sister Bird. When BIRD is born Boy is forced to re-evaluate the image Arturos family have presented to her and Boy Snow and Bird are broken apart. Sparkling with wit and vibrancy Boy Snow Bird is a deeply moving novel about three women and the strange connection between them. It confirms Helen Oyeyemis place as one of the most original and dynamic literary voices of her generation.
language: English
title: Boy, Snow, Bird
publisher: Riverhead Books