Parakeet

Marie-Helene Bertino's Parakeet is a darkly humorous and heartfelt novel about a young woman whose deceased grandmother, embodied as a parakeet, intervenes just before her wedding to advise her to find an estranged loved one. As her journey unfolds, it becomes a surreal and emotionally charged exploration of memory, identity, and personal growth, combining wit, warmth, and reflection on the complexities of becoming oneself.