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Starling Days: A Novel Audiobook
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On their first date, Mina told Oscar that she was bisexual, vegetarian, and on meds. He married her anyhow. A challenge to be met.
She had low days, sure, but manageable. But now, maybe not so much. Mina is standing on the George Washington Bridge late at night, staring over the edge, when a patrol car drives up. She tries to convince the policeman that she’s not about to jump, but he doesn’t believe her. Oscar is called to pick her up.
With the idea of leaving New York for London—a place for Mina “to learn the floor-plan of this sadness”—Oscar arranges a move. In London, Mina, a classicist, tries grappling with her mental health issues by making lists of women who survived: Penelope, Psyche, Leda, Iphigenia, but only in one of the tellings. Of things that make her happy: enamel coffee cups. But what else? She at last finds a beam of light in Phoebe, and friendship and attraction blossom until Oscar and Mina’s complicated love is tested.
A gorgeously wrought novel, variously about love, mythology, mental illness, Japanese beer, and the times we need to seek out milder psychological climates, Starling Days is written in exquisite prose rich with lightly ironic empathy.
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“A quiet triumph—tenderly and disarmingly exploring the responsibility of love, loneliness, and what it is to feel lost.”
— Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure
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“Tenderly explores mental illness, bisexuality, connection, love, and loss…[A] striking literary triumph.”
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“Unravelling the truth is one of the considerable pleasures of this beautifully written novel.”
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“Portraying complex character and tangled interpersonal relations with striking maturity.”
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“An exquisite rendering of love, sadness, and misunderstanding…I want to share this book with everyone I know.”
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“A must for anyone who’s struggled with depression or loves someone who does.”
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“Addresses adult-child relationships, the legacy of family trauma, and the challenge of offering unconditional love.”
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“A worthy, nuanced portrait of a woman’s struggle for self-determination amid mental illness.”
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“Buchanan’s newest presents another self-absorbed cast made memorably affecting by real-life challenges.”
— Booklist
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Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award for Best Novel
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A Millions.com Pick of the Month
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An Oprah Magazine Pick of Best Books of the Month
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A Paris Review Selection of Most Anticipated Titles of 2020
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About Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is an American and British author whose first novel, Harmless Like You, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, an NPR Great Read selection, and winner of the Author’s Club First Novel Award and a Betty Trask Award. She earned a BA degree from Columbia University and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and received an Asian American Writers’ Workshop Margins Fellowship.
About Sarah Borges
Sarah Borges is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.