![]() ![]() It’s often the case in books with this sort of structure that one “strand” of narrative is more engrossing than the other, leaving the reader keen to dash through certain chapters, keen to get back to the storyline that interests him more Wyld’s skill, achieved partly by keeping each chapter terse and to-the-point, is to ensure that never happens. Structurally, the even-numbered backstory chapters move in reverse chronological order, so in most cases we see effects transpire before their causes become apparent. In alternating chapters, All the Birds, Singing tells the story of Jake’s life now, and the events which have brought her to the island. But why has she fled her own country? Who is she hiding from? And what caused the terrible scars all over her back? But soon she finds herself dealing with suspicious locals, a mysterious visitor named Lloyd, and the vicious attacks on the animals. In theory, all she should have to do is tend the sheep and live quietly. In Evie Wyld’s second novel, Jake Whyte, a shearer with a murky past, has left Australia and begun a new life as a sheep farmer on a remote British island. ![]()
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