Fiction
The Birds of Opulence
About this book
Crystal Wilkinson follows generations of women in a fictional Kentucky community called Opulence. Their experiences of motherhood, illness, loss, and family responsibility shape how they understand one another. Moving across generations lets the novel show how the same events can be remembered differently within a family and how much neighbors know without saying it.
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- ISBN-13
- 9780813174990
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition date
- 2018-02-23
- First published
- 2016
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