Magical elements are hewn into the marrow of Other Birds.
In time, each resident seeks to be understood, to build connections with one another and to understand how their lives are intertwined. From Zoey’s artist neighbor, Charlotte, to the property manager, Frasier, each tenant of the Dellawisp is haunted by ghosts-of who they were, whom they love, pasts they don’t understand or want to flee.
So, too, has it become a home for a number of interesting people. Zoey finds herself at the Dellawisp, a quirky old building that hosts a flock of nosy, noisy birds for which it is named. Zoey never felt at home with her father and stepmother in Tulsa, Oklahoma, so after turning 18, she moves to the island to live in the apartment left by her late mother. An apartment building on Mallow Island, South Carolina, beautifully illustrates this principle in Sarah Addison Allen’s sixth novel, Other Birds. Rather, it must feel like an extra layer where secrets might be kept-and possibly revealed. What does it mean for a story’s setting to really act as an additional character? It can’t just be a well-defined place where players act out their roles.
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