{"product_id":"even-the-birds-paperback","title":"Even the Birds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeace has come to Guatemala after thirty-six years of war. Isabel, a guerrilla fighter of mixed Mayan and non-Indigenous heritage, returns from battle to the daughter she left in the care of her conservative aunt many years before. Soraida, afraid to lose the child she has raised, begrudgingly welcomes her rebel niece into her home, an arrangement that forces her to question her own role in the country's conflict. Isabel struggles to be the mother her daughter needs, but orphaned very young and marked by the war, she is not sure what that would be. Fifteen-year-old Yasmin faces problems of her own. The trio's commitment to each other falters, but it also evolves. And whether out of duty or out of love, they may yet help each other find peace--and even happiness--in their still deeply divided country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Taylor worked as a journalist in Guatemala from 1994 to 2003, before returning to Canada and taking up fiction. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review, The Dalhousie Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePotomac Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals. In 2024, she won the Penguin Random House Canada Student Award for Fiction and in 2025, the Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction. \u003ci\u003eEven the Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. Ruth lives and writes in London, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9.01 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68375083188447,"sku":"9781778491429","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/MD2UrSyCYv9781778491429.webp?v=1793821913","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/even-the-birds-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}