A review by margaret21
Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany

2.0

I'm struggling to rate this book. There is much to be savoured. Lonely farmer Harry's loving and detailed accounts of the kookaburras he can see from his home. The odd, dependent relationship he has with neighbour Betty and her two children. Lonely childhoods. Sex, actual and imagined.

Somehow however, for me the story never gets off the ground. I love Tiffany's descriptive powers, her rich use of vocabulary. I may read more of her work. But this one? I shan't open it again.