![]() ![]() One of the delightful things about this book is the way it immerses us in the natural world. Revelations fall one on top of the other as the story unfolds. Returning home requires her to come to terms with her own history, in particular the disappearance of her father. As we get to know Jen we learn more about the hurts she is holding inside. The mystery of the missing children provides a dark undercurrent to Jen’s simple life on her property. The loss of Caitlin brings back memories from Jen’s past and another missing child, Michael. It is through Henry that she learns a girl from the town has gone missing. With the exception of her young pupil Henry, who she is teaching to draw, she has little social contact. There, she regenerates her patch of land and draws the many birds attracted by her birdbath. After a relationship breakup and her mother’s death, Jen returns to the town she grew up in. ‘She was trying to capture the wild – the essence of leaf, flower and bird.’ Jen, the protagonist of Inga Simpson’s book, ‘Nest’ is an artist, a drawer of birds. ![]()
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