When one of her new neighbors dies under odd circumstances the night Zoey arrives, she’s thrust into the mystery of The Dellawisp, which involves missing pages from a legendary writer whose work might be hidden there. When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother’s apartment at The Dellawisp, she meets her quirky, enigmatic neighbors including a girl on the run, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and three ghosts.

It’s called The Dellawisp and it’s named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. Novel:įrom the acclaimed author of Garden Spells comes a tale of lost souls, secrets that shape us, and how the right flock can guide you home.ĭown a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. In short, this book is comfort food of the sweetest kind.Book Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen is available to download free in pdf epub format. As she has done with all her previous books, she infuses a rawness and humanity into this delicate genre of magical realism that reminds me why storytelling is true magic. there is something hidden among the margins of white paper and black ink-true sorcery that only Sarah Addison Allen can master. This book is more than the sum of its parts. If I could rent a condo in the Dellawisp for the summer I’m certain I’d never leave. And soon enough, the other residents of the Dellawisp become a found-family that Zoey never expected. The other residents who live in the Dellawisp are a curious mélange of outcasts, ghosts, and birds, but on the first night, when one of her neighbors is found dead, Zoey’s quiet summer becomes something quite extraordinary.

A cobblestone, horseshoe-shaped building called the Dellawisp-named after a variety of local birds-becomes Zoey’s unlikely home. The story begins when eighteen-year-old Zoey arrives at her deceased mother’s home on the island of Mallow, which is known for its marshmallow confections. This book casts an unmistakable spell on its readers, and Allen writes with prose that feels like pure alchemy, as if each sentence were a summoning of autumn air and long-forgotten magic. Other Birds is the story we all need right now, lyrical and heartbreaking and layered with hope. I wanted to read this book slowly, absorbing each word carefully, yet I found myself rapidly thumbing through the pages with tears in my eyes. When you find an author you love, and they publish a new book after many years away, cracking open the first page is like sinking into the arms of an old friend.

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