Bank holiday treat #Birding @backlisted.bsky.social #roseruane
Thoughts up now on longlisted novel Birding by #RoseRuane
An exploration of 2 women's lives as they reach a turning point of release from conditioned patterns towards a more empowered future.
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Birding by Rose Ruane longlisted for the Women's prize for fiction 2025 cover shows a Pistachio flavoured Italian freeze ice cream in a cone against the torso of a woman wearing a similarly coloured blouse with gathered plastic at the wrist, green skirt, Women's prize logo and a pale green light and shadow background.
Ebook cover of Birding by Rose Ruane in black and white with a bird and trees in the background
"Hollow composure has reoccupied Joyce and she finds herself thinking that this is not reason or resilience; that nothing ever is with her. That stillness and frenzy are only two kinds of panic trading places like a train switching tracks to avoid crashing."
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