Prairie Ostrich

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9780864927491

<p><b>Winner, Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers<br>Not every story has a happy ending.</b></p> <p>Since her brother&#39;s death, eight-year-old Egg Murakami has been living day-to-day on the family ostrich farm near Bittercreek, discovering life to be an ever-perplexing condition. Mama Murakami has curled up inside a bottle, and Papa has exiled himself to the barn with the birds. Big sister Kathy tells stories to Egg so that the world might not seem so awful.</p> <p>The Murakami family is not happy. But in the hands of Tamai Kobayashi, their story becomes a drama of rare insight and virtuosity. Weighing physical, cultural, and emotional isolation against the backdrop of schoolyard battles and adult mysteries, Kobayashi paints a compelling portrait of a feisty and endearing outsider.</p> <p>As Kathy&#39;s final year in high school counts down to an uncertain future, the indomitable Egg sits quiet witness to her unravelling family as she tries to find her place in a bewildering world.</p>