{"product_id":"more-miracle-than-bird-isbn-9781947793767","title":"More Miracle Than Bird","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Marvelous.” —Paula McLain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Summer Reading Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOn the eve of World War I, twenty-one-year-old Georgie Hyde-Lees meets the acclaimed poet W. B. Yeats at a soirée in London. Although Yeats is famously eccentric and many years her senior, Georgie is drawn to him, and when he extends a cryptic invitation to a secret society, her life is forever changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs zeppelins stalk overhead and bombs bloom against the skyline, Georgie finds purpose tending to injured soldiers in a makeshift hospital. She befriends the wounded and heartbroken Lieutenant Pike, who might need more from her than she is able to give. At night, she escapes with Yeats into a darker world, becoming immersed in the Order, a clandestine society of ritual and magic. As forces—both of this world and the next—pull Yeats and Georgie closer together and then apart, Georgie uncovers a secret that threatens to undo it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn bright, commanding prose, author Alice Miller illuminates the fascinating and unforgettable courtship of Georgie Hyde-Lees and W. B. Yeats. A sweeping tale of faith and love, lost and found and fought for, \u003ci\u003eMore Miracle than Bird\u003c\/i\u003e ingeniously captures the moments—both large and small—on which the fates of whole lives and countries hinge.The lens through which a story is told makes all the difference. . . . Miller deftly presents a portrait of Georgie, a young woman calibrating her place in the world, and her shifting relationship with the man she adores.—Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorical fiction devotees will appreciate this sensitive character study wrapped in an atmospheric, moody rendering of WWI London.—Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSweeping . . . A pristine, thoughtful re-imagining of the personal lives of true literary greats.—Shelf Awareness, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSubtle and low-key, Miller’s debut coolly appraises the poet while fully inhabiting the woman in his shadow.—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA terrific tale. . . . Written with superb emotional rightness.—Joan Silber, author of Secrets of Happiness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA shimmering novel about our yearnings for forever, and the greatest mystery of life, which is, of course, love. It must be said: \u003ci\u003eMore Miracle than Bird\u003c\/i\u003e is a bit of a miracle in itself.\n—Caroline Leavitt, author of With or Without You\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Miller proves herself to be a superb medium. . . . A vivid portrait of mercurial artists in a tumultuous time.—Christopher Castellani, author of Leading Men\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngrossing and impressive.—Lisa Gornick, author of The Peacock Feast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMore Miracle than Bird\u003c\/i\u003e will ring in my mind’s ear for a long time, and I will return to its pages. A wonderful book!\n—Jay Parini, author of Borges and Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRiveting. . . . Brilliantly animates a pivotal period of literary history.—Joanna Scott, author of Careers for Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiller has written a luminous novel about the women involved with the early 20th century’s most notable men poets, offering a fresh portrayal of the women’s brilliant complexity. Ambition, artifice, and adventure draw them through a contingent world unsettled by spirits, mediums, the war dead, and soon-to-be dead. But Miller is up to more than telling a story of these fascinating lives: \u003ci\u003eMore Miracle Than Bird\u003c\/i\u003e makes a sly and disturbing inquiry into how art truly gets made and to whom it belongs.\n—Katherine Dion, author of The Dependents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiller probingly explores the sacrifices that accompany loving a great artist, as well as ‘Willy’ and Georgie’s fascination with the occult.—Keija Parssinen, author of The Unraveling of Mercy Louis\u003cb\u003eAlice Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the International Institute of Modern Letters. She is on the faculty of the MFA program at Cedar Crest College.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233402106085,"sku":"NP9781947793767","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781947793767.jpg?v=1767732963","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/more-miracle-than-bird-isbn-9781947793767","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}