A masterful novel illuminating the rich and hidden facets of human
character among the residents of a senior residence in Montana--and
"a cleansing antidote to the last few years of political and
cultural turmoil . . . if you have anything in the way of feelings,
this novel will make you weep" (New York Times). At the
deteriorating Pheasant Run, the occupants keep their secrets and
sadnesses locked tight behind closed apartment doors. Kind Leo
Uberti, formerly an insurance agent, now quietly spends his days
painting abstract landscapes and mourning a long-ago loss. Down the
hall, retired professor Rydell Clovis tries desperately to stay fit
enough to restart a career in academia. Cassie McMackin, on the
same floor, has seemingly lost everything--her husband and only
child dead within months of each other--leaving her loosely
tethered to this world. And a few doors away, her friend, Viola
Six, is convinced of a criminal conspiracy involving the building's
widely disliked manager, Herbie Bonebright. Cassie and Viola dream
of leaving their unhappy lives behind, but one woman's plan is
interrupted--and the other's unexpectedly set into motion--when a
fire breaks out in Herbie's apartment. Called to investigate is the
city's chief fire inspector. With a gift and a passion for sorting
out the mysteries of flame, Lander Maki finds the fire itself, and
the circumstances around it, highly suspicious. Viola has
disappeared. So has Herbie. And a troubled teen, Clayton Spooner,
was glimpsed fleeing the scene. In trying to fit together the
pieces of this complicated puzzle, Lander finds himself learning
more than expected about human nature and about personal and
corporate greed as it is visited upon the vulnerable. Beautifully
written and long awaited, from a writer "with extraordinary
emotional acuity and with a keen sense of the small detail that
says it all" (Chicago Tribune), Aviary weaves a compelling tapestry
of crisis, grief, and the mysteries of memory and old age.
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