{"product_id":"love-letter-to-lola-carmel-bird-9781925052961","title":"Love Letter to Lola","description":"\u003cp\u003e'You clamber up, heading for the exit, the circle of faint light, as the radiance of the pre-dawn leads you on toward freedom. I follow. You spread your darling wings. You enter the net that awaits you.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold, tender, and often fantastical, Love Letter to Lola enters the very pain of loss and grief while preserving a wise, sly, humorous, and ironic point of view. The thylacine, the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the blue macaw are all candidates to return from extinction, and here each is given its own moving narrative. The meaning of the British monarchy is challenged by a green spider; a unicorn and the rainbow serpent contemplate the end of the world; an angel gives his perspective on human life and love with a thoughtful and exquisite mischief. The author's own 'Reflection' on the inspiration and the construction of the stories is a swift and penetrating conversation on how writing happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarmel Bird won the Patrick White Award for Literature in 2016. She has published novels, short stories, and non-fiction, her 2022 memoir Telltale foregrounding her Tasmanian origins, as well as her lifelong interest in the natural world, and in reading and writing. \u003cem\u003eThe Stolen Children - Their Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, which she published in 1998, is an early landmark work in the promotion of indigenous issues. \u003cem\u003eLove Letter to Lola\u003c\/em\u003e is the latest offering of an author who is known for the sharpness and originality of her narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carmel Bird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925052966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925052961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spineless Wonders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.55d","brand":"Carmel Bird","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634428670207,"sku":"9781925052961","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6b006a6-88de-41cf-9c2d-c4f2e03987f5.jpg?v=1703589292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-letter-to-lola-carmel-bird-9781925052961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}