{"product_id":"the-dead-aviatrix-carmel-bird-9781925052763","title":"The Dead Aviatrix","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn prose that sparkles with wit, shocks with insight, and beguiles with the air of legend, these seven stories take the reader from post-apocalyptic Tasmania to the tragedy of surrogate pregnancy in the 1950s. Loss of species, the whims of publishers, the question of Islam in regional Australia - these are among the subjects Carmel Bird addresses in her characteristic probing style. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Carmel Bird's stories are dark, intriguing and yet always delightful.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Griffiths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'As you'd expect, Bird's beautiful stories soar, though never into a realm you could anticipate. ' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebra Adelaide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Bird is the best living short story writer in the country.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Condon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCARMEL BIRD is the 2016 winner of the Patrick White Literary Award. Carmel's work spans forty years, and she has published thirty-eight books. Her most recent collection, published in 2015, is \u003cem\u003eMy Hearts Are Your Hearts, \u003c\/em\u003eand the most recent of her eleven novels is \u003cem\u003eField of Poppies\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carmel Bird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925052761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925052763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spineless Wonders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.00h x 4.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Carmel Bird","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873978921215,"sku":"9781925052763","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dead-aviatrix-carmel-bird-9781925052763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}