num_pages: 153
description: When James proposes, it seems like an opportunity for Jane to leave her lonely past behind and become part of a family. But the presence of a woman in the cottage near their remote farmhouse threatens Jane's new-found happiness.This compelling novel by one of Ireland's finest writers won a Somerset Maugham Award.'Madden's achievement is to make partial revelations about obscure lives as gripping as a thriller. Her style is passionate, emotional, but never obvious and does not admit a single cliché or badly written sentence.' Observer
language: English
title: The Birds of the Innocent Wood
titlecomplete: The Birds of the Innocent Wood
genres: Ireland, Fiction, Irish Literature, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 66
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Somerset Maugham Award
publisher: Faber & Faber