![]() 'The subtle melody of The Song of the Stork caught my soul with its first notes and didn't leave me until the very last ones. 'At once tightly written and suspenseful, Collishaw's historical novel is a darkly compassionate fable of human endurance in absolute extremity' Stevie Davies 'An elegantly crafted, beautifully written novel about love, survival and hope against all the odds- The Song of the Stork is a reading experience to savour.' William Ryan It is the story of one woman finding a voice as the voices around her are extinguished. ![]() Torn apart and fighting for her life, The Song of the Stork is Yael's story of love, hope and survival. Aleksei is mute and solitary, but as the brutal winter advances, he reluctantly takes her in and a delicate relationship develops.Īs her feelings towards Aleksei change, the war intrudes and Yael is forced to join a Jewish partisan group fighting in the woods. The Jewish girl seeks shelter from the Germans on the farm of the village outcast. ![]() ‘Stephan Collishaw takes your hand and leads you into a world of tragic beauty, inspiring strength and delicate kindness in the midst of horror’ Aiste Diržiuteįifteen-year-old Yael is on the run. ![]()
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