![]() ![]() I found him to be inspired and I loved his way of communicating with Yael and how protective he was. In the meantime she gradually wins over recluse Aleksei into giving her shelter from the outside world.Īleksei is mute but that didn’t stop me from completely falling for his character. All alone, and with the belief that there is nobody left to wonder where or how she is, Yael’s life is now driven by the hope that her brother Josef is alive and how they could be reunited. ![]() Set around World War II, in The Song of the Stork we meet Yael, a fifteen year old Jewish girl who is on the run, seeking shelter from the Germans. ![]() The prose is dark and intense and my fear for what could happen to the characters I quickly cared for had me refusing to put the book down. Stephan Collishaw’s storytelling was built on atmosphere and tension, the unnerving feeling that something bad is going to happen without it being spelt out to us. The cover is stunning and the title is really striking and the perfect fit for the story inside. The Song of the Stork is the complete package as far as beautiful books go. ![]()
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