![]() ![]() Magical power, she finds, does not render women invulnerable. With Mary acting strangely in the aftermath, Georgina feels compelled to investigate the ugly rumors bubbling through her close-knit community. Georgina and Prue have advanced to that idyllic getting-to-know-you phase when the mystery of Annabella’s absence takes a sudden disturbing turn. Part of the novel’s magic derives from the sweet romance that develops between Georgina and Prue, a girl tagging along on her brother Harrison’s birdwatching trip. Katrina Leno weaves a tale that combines sumptuous old-fashioned storytelling and modern feminist themes. Every summer, in woodpecker form, Annabella returns to the island, attracting a host of birdwatchers known locally as “birdheads.” Yet this summer she is late, and, as with Georgina’s supernatural ability, the hope that she will ever appear dims with the passing of time. Mary can float and will possibly one day be able to fly, like Fernweh ancestor Annabella, who supposedly turned herself into a bird. ![]() She and her twin sister, Mary, come from a long matriarchal line of magic, to the point that, on the tiny East Coast island where they live, their last name has become synonymous with terms - “witch” being the friendliest - that people often use to describe women they view with awe, suspicion and fear. On the cusp of Georgina Fernweh’s 18th birthday, she still doesn’t know her power. ![]()
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