{"product_id":"the-language-of-birds-9781647423575","title":"The Language of Birds","description":"Gracie is a serious, sensitive, aspiring writer; Jannie, her autistic younger sister, is passionate about birds. As children, they were taken by their mother on a senseless trip through Europe that ended in their mother's suicide. Now, in Berkeley, their father works tirelessly to find ways to engage Jannie, while Gracie--unwilling to reveal the truth about her mother's suicide or her sister's autism to anyone outside her family--weaves a web of lies around herself that isolate her even as Jannie, in part through her relationships with and understanding of birds, begins to speak, interact, and emerge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated by Gracie and alternating back and forth between 2002, when the sisters are still children\/adolescents, and 2017, when they are in their early adulthood, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of coming to understand what seems unfamiliar and indecipherable, and of finding authentic ways to be with the people you love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647423575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Anita Barrows","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42038531621045,"sku":"9781647423575","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2bf90fa9-a1f4-49cf-899d-73c8d712f618.jpg?v=1649736648","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-language-of-birds-9781647423575","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}