Tue, Jun 25
|Waynesboro Library
Book Talk: The Last Bird of Paradise by Clifford Garstang
Clifford Garstang's The Last Bird of Paradise follows two women, nearly a century apart, who seek to rebuild their lives after leaving their homelands. Arriving in Singapore, they find romance in a tropical paradise, but also find they haven't left behind the dangers that caused them to flee.
Time & Location
Jun 25, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Waynesboro Library, 600 S Wayne Ave, Waynesboro, VA 22980, USA
About the Event
Join us for the book discussion for Clifford Garstang's novel The Last Bird of Paradise!
About the Book In the aftermath of 9/11 and haunted by the specter of terrorism, Aislinn Givens leaves her New York law practice and joins her husband in Southeast Asia when he takes a job there. Seeking to establish herself in a local law firm, Aislinn begins to understand the historic resentment of foreigners who have exploited the region for centuries. Learning about the turmoil of Singapore's colonial period, she acquires several paintings done by an English artist during World War I that she believes are a warning to her. The artist, Elizabeth Pennington, tells her own tumultuous story through diary entries that come to an end when the war reaches the colony with catastrophic results. In the present, Aislinn and her husband learn tragically that terrorism takes many shapes when they are ensnared by…