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Crow Talk

A Novel

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Crow Talk

By: Eileen Garvin
Narrated by: Helen Laser
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Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hope, healing, and unexpected friendship set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

Frankie O’Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie is a lonely ornithologist struggling to salvage her dissertation on the spotted owl following a rift with her advisor. Anne is an Irish musician far from home and family, raising her five-year-old son, Aiden, who refuses to speak.

At Beauty Bay, a community of summer homes nestled on the shores of June Lake, in the remote foothills of Mount Adams, it’s off-season with most houses shuttered for the fall. But Frankie, adrift, returns to the rundown caretaker’s cottage that has been in the hardworking O'Neill family for generations—a beloved place and a constant reminder of the family she has lost. And Anne, in the wake of a tragedy that has disrupted her career and silenced her music, has fled to the neighboring house, a showy summer home owned by her husband's wealthy family.

When Frankie finds an injured baby crow in the forest, little does she realize that the charming bird will bring all three lost souls—Frankie, Anne, and Aiden—together on a journey toward hope, healing, and rediscovering joy. Crow Talk is an achingly beautiful story of love, grief, friendship, and the healing power of nature in the darkest of times.

©2024 Eileen Garvin (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Family Life Friendship Genre Fiction Tearjerking Feel-Good Summer
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Critic reviews

"A touching tale of nature and love... Every page glows with the breathtaking view of the natural world."—Southern Bookseller Review

“Garvin’s writing power is her empathic approach of giving strength to what some might consider character flaws. Garvin can find power in the fear of broken dreams and the self-doubt of a parent.”—Spokesman-Review

"A gentle, life-affirming story about the healing properties of the natural world and the ways connecting with others—human and avian—can be a balm for grief, sorrow and alienation."—Cascadia Daily

Captivating Storyline • Vivid Character Development • Detailed Descriptive Writing • Relatable Emotional Depth
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There were so many mispronunciations of local place names, I can’t even name them all, but how about “bow line.” Rhymes with cow, not low. I almost quit the audiobook and went to print because the mispronunciations were so distracting.

Good Story Almost Ruined by Terrible Pronunciation

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I love that this book continued forward with its ups and downs. True to life in sorrow and love. Although the story returns to the life of the crow, it parallels the lives of all of us.

I love the depth and compassion concerning the crow and all spec

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I especially appreciated how the story flowed and tied together without being too perfect. The author accurately captured complex feelings realistically, and challenges of relationships various relationships, particularly the relationship that the main characters have with themselves. I also enjoyed the tidbits about various birds sprinkled in throughout the story. I’m now excited to read (or listen to) the authors earlier books.

Exceptionally well thought out and written story

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I was not expecting this to be a novel of grief and I almost stopped listening (I lost my father and things are still raw). But I had already fallen in love with the characters and the writing, so I persevered. A beautiful novel that gives all the feelings.

Lovely characters and beautiful use of language

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This was an interesting mix of characters, human and avian. The ending was a bit Disneyish but it worked. It was a smart different read.

Something to Crow About

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I love how Eileen develops her characters. She is a masterful storyteller. Living in the northwest, it is easy to see the setting of this story.

The story of the crows and how they can communicate.

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This was the first book I have a read or listen to in about 25 years that have not been self-help and it was glorious to get lost in the story of Frankie and Aiden and the family. I live in the Pacific Northwest in the little town of Hood River and relish in all the familiar descriptions of, the surroundings in the community I call home. Wonderful story and is certainly the precipice of me falling back in love with reading again! Eileen’s musings and storyline was the perfect place for me to get lost in my own mind of visualizing the beauty of the gorge and that there is so much history here. If there was a June lake, I’d love to spend a summer there.

Thoroughly enjoyable!!

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Story written with great detail to assist a listener with visualizing the action. Hard to put down after the halfway mark. Unfortunate that the reader did not check with a local as to how to pronounce location names and of the Yakama nation. So easy to do with a simple phone call.

Good Read Based in the Columbia Gorge

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This is the third Eileen Garvin novel I’ve read, and I enjoyed it. You will, too, if you’d like characters who develop and draw you in. I didn’t know one of the topics would be autism, but I immediately recognized this in Aiden. This novel is a great way to help people get an introduction to a child with autism, even though every person with autism is different.
I am from the Pacific Northwest, and it was extra fun to have a book set in that area.
I really like the Irish accent the narrator had for Aiden‘s mom. The life in two countries thread for her was also interesting, and I felt drawn to her.
Now I have to wait for Eileen to write another book!

Compelling character development

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thank you, we loved this story, I have bird awareness and actually call myself a " bird babe"

bird lover

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