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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Birdwatcher
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'This is a story about birdwatchers. David is one, and Clare's father was one. David has a bad history with girlfriends as he is a 'twitcher'; he spends all his time and money chasing birds around Australia so he can add them to his list. It's not a hobby that attracts many young and desirable women, and over the years David's girlfriends have grown more interested in buying houses and having babies than spending days bogged in mudflats waiting for an unlikely sighting of the storm-tossed vagrant bird, which normally lives in Papua New Guinea. Clare, divorced and mother of a teenage daughter, has sworn off men completely and is reasonably happy with her decision. It's not through any bitterness from her failed marriage, but because she had breast cancer five years ago and has found relationships difficult ever since. Clare never expected to meet someone like David. They try to stay apart, but like a pair of birds dancing around each other they might have to give in to their feelings.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication:

    To Bernadette

    From William and Sarah

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2013 .
      image of person or book cover 1913568526292507644.jpg
      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 281p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 29th October 2013
      ISBN: 9780733630286 (paperback) :
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2014 .
      image of person or book cover 6038655820949232093.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 288p.
      Note/s:
      • Published July 2014
      ISBN: 9780733632976

Other Formats

  • Also large print; sound recording

Works about this Work

Review : The Birdwatcher Rowena Cseh , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , December/January 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of The Birdwatcher William McInnes , 2013 single work novel
Reviews Cameron Woodhead , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 November - 1 December 2013; (p. 32)

— Review of The Birdwatcher William McInnes , 2013 single work novel ; The Tailor's Girl Fiona McIntosh , 2013 single work novel
[Untitled] Angela Young , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 November 2013; (p. 21)

— Review of The Birdwatcher William McInnes , 2013 single work novel
[Untitled] Angela Young , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 November 2013; (p. 21)

— Review of The Birdwatcher William McInnes , 2013 single work novel
Reviews Cameron Woodhead , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 November - 1 December 2013; (p. 32)

— Review of The Birdwatcher William McInnes , 2013 single work novel ; The Tailor's Girl Fiona McIntosh , 2013 single work novel
Review : The Birdwatcher Rowena Cseh , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , December/January 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of The Birdwatcher William McInnes , 2013 single work novel
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