The Bodies of Birds

by Melanie Rae Thon

Resurrected and restored through the bodies of multitudes, a young woman who becomes an organ donor after a car accident radiates unmitigated love as she comes to know the recipients of her heart and kidneys--lungs, bowel, vertebrae, corneas . . . Twenty-seven years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, black storks glide over the Zone of Alienation. Apple trees bloom; lilacs flower--radioactive wolves thrive; bees make glowing honey . . . A prisoner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934832685
• ISBN13: 9781934832684
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: New Michigan Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"