Author: kathleenrooney

“One of the best books of the year” (New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal): During World War I, the paths of an army officer and a messenger bird intersect in dramatic ways. “Both heartbreaking and sharply funny… Brilliant and surprising at every turn” (Pulitzer Prize finalist Rebecca Makkai).

NOW A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER “Transporting…witty, poignant and sparkling.” –People (People Picks Book of the Week) “Prescient and quick….A perfect fusing of subject and writer, idea and ideal.” –Chicago Tribune “Extraordinary…hilarious…Elegantly written, Rooney creates a glorious paean to a distant literary life and time–and an unabashed celebration of human connections that … an unabashed celebration of human connections that bridge past and future. –Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed) “Rooney’s delectably theatrical fictionalization is laced with strands of tart poetry and emulates the dark sparkle of Dorothy Parker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Truman Capote. Effervescent with verve, wit, and heart,…