Coming-of-age story defies its shortcomings
‘This is the story of Elizabeth Day,” says the narrator of The Anatomy of Wings early in the novel. ‘‘I have made it from things I saw and things I did not see but later knew. It is made from the tatters of terrible things and the remnants o f wonder
The Anatomy of Wings
By Karen Foxlee
Atlantic Books, €15.60
‘This is the story of Elizabeth Day,” says the narrator of The Anatomy of Wings early in the novel. ‘‘I have made it from things I saw and things I did not see but later knew. It is made from the tatters of terrible things and the remnants o f wonderful things. I have sewn it together before it fades.”
Though a little ...
