title: The Anatomy of Wings
author:  Karen Foxlee 
description: <b>Starred Review, <u>Booklist</u>, January 1 &amp; 15th, 2009:<br /> </b>[A] shining debut . . . Foxlee captures the small ways that humans reveal themselves, the mysterious intensity of female adolescence, and the surreal quiet of a grieving house, which slowly and with astonishing resilience fills again with sound and music.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
zlib_text: > ALSO BY KAREN FOXLEE
  
  > The Midnight Dress  
  > The Anatomy of Wings
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  Text copyright © 2014 by Karen Foxlee  
  Jacket art and interior illustrations copyright © 2014 by Yoko Tanaka
  
  
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