Crow Talk

In the wake of her father’s death, ornithology graduate student Frankie O’Neill takes refuge in Beauty Bay, a remote summer resort where her father worked as a caretaker. Expecting to encounter no one, a grieving Frankie is surprised to meet Anne, an Irish musician who came to Seattle as a visiting scholar. Anne is also grieving, having recently lost her best friend. Anne’s husband, Tim, has taken Anne and their troubled five-year-old son, Aiden, to Beauty Bay, hoping that the change of scenery will comfort both Anne and Aiden, who has withdrawn into himself and has stopped speaking altogether. At the lake, Frankie meets Aiden, and as they work together to care for an injured baby crow, they make an unexpected connection. The grown-ups struggle to solve their problems until a devastating storm clarifies everyone’s priorities. Garvin (The Music of Bees) creates a charming story of family, love, loss, and forgiveness, with many interesting facts about birds sprinkled throughout. Helen Laser narrates, embodying Garvin’s complex characters with engaging and well-matched voices and accents.