Blackbird House is a farmhouse on Cape Cod, and this book follows the people who live there across two centuries. The stories begin in the 1790s, with a farmer who watches a stranger arrive with a bad omen, and move forward through generations. They include a child who goes missing, a woman whose husband is lost at sea, a boy who sees ghosts, and several people who find a kind of redemption. Alice Hoffman links the episodes with the house itself and the blackbirds that haunt it, adding touches of folklore and magic.
It suits readers who like linked short stories, family history and gentle magical realism. Each chapter can be read in a sitting, and together they show how a place holds on to its past.
Inward-looking and thought-provoking; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
