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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION

Claire Oshetsky’s novel is a marvel: its language a joy, its imagination dizzying. —Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind

An exhilarating, provocative novel of motherhood in extremis

Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted. “You think this baby is going to be like you, but it’s not like you at all,” she warns him. “This baby is an owl-baby.”

When Chouette is born small and broken-winged, Tiny works around the clock to meet her daughter’s needs. Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby, Tiny vows to raise Chouette to be her authentic self. Even in those times when Chouette’s behaviors grow violent and strange, Tiny’s loving commitment to her daughter is unwavering. When she discovers that her husband is on a

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: 02/08/2022
      ISBN13: 9780063066687, 978-0063066687
      ISBN10: 0063066688
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      Feminism and feminist theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION

      Claire Oshetsky’s novel is a marvel: its language a joy, its imagination dizzying. —Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind

      An exhilarating, provocative novel of motherhood in extremis

      Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted. “You think this baby is going to be like you, but it’s not like you at all,” she warns him. “This baby is an owl-baby.”

      When Chouette is born small and broken-winged, Tiny works around the clock to meet her daughter’s needs. Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby, Tiny vows to raise Chouette to be her authentic self. Even in those times when Chouette’s behaviors grow violent and strange, Tiny’s loving commitment to her daughter is unwavering. When she discovers that her husband is on a

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