A review by 3rdtimelucky
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

4.0

i need magical realism to commit to the bit, and sometimes as this went on it thinned out into a 1:1 analogy OR the behaviour of other characters isn't consistent with the reality of an owl-baby in a way that makes it hard not to just read as a device the mother uses to rationalise her child, which is the least interesting reading. 

at its best juggles the dialectic & like the ambiguity and moral neutrality afforded by indulging in the metaphor is really profound. Whereas the whole doctor great part was so unconvincing so it was a kind of flat note for the ending. Compelling W for the social model of disability though.