Bird’s mother Margaret left them when he was nine. The surveillance state we have lived in since 9/11.Īll of this comes together around a twelve year old boy, Bird Gardner, living with his father, who works in an academic library, who loves words, and desperately is working to avoid anything to raise suspicion that could result in Bird being taken away from him. The removal of books from schools and libraries. The use of state power to separate children from their parents. The use of blaming foreign powers and actors for our problems. This is a haunting work because one sees all the elements except for a PACT act. Summary: Bird Gardner and his father spend life trying not to be noticed, even as Bird wonders about his mother, the stories she told, why she left them, and where she has gone in a country that turned against her poetry even as one phrase became a rallying cry for all those separated from their children.
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