Mateship with Birds. Carrie Tiffany

Mateship with Birds. Carrie Tiffany | Carrie Tiffany

so-so

002. Carrie Tiffany: Mateship with Birds (2012)

Exploration of sexual maturity on an Aussie dairy farm, looking at unrequited love between an older couple plus his ‘birds & bees‘ lessons with her teenage son. Interesting enough, but the prose-poem style felt distant.

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Mateship with Birds | Carrie Tiffany

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A strong, singular novel about two middle-aged people navigating country life and relationships. Harry is a bird-watcher & ‘logs‘ the life of a nearby family of kookaburras in poetic form. Betty is a dedicated single mother, lonely but almost a wife to her aged care patients. I love the economy & truth of Carrie Tiffany‘s writing, which makes these ordinary lives poignant & beautiful. Her wry humour is sparing but effective. Great Oz fiction.

CarolynM I'm not sure about Carrie Tiffany. I didn't particularly like Everyman's Rules For Scientific Living while I was reading it, but I found myself thinking about it a lot after I'd finished. This one I found problematic - there was something off about the adult / child relationship. It left me feeling very uncomfortable. 5y

MrsMalaprop Oh I remember really liking this one. Interesting @CarolynM 🤔 I don‘t recall feeling like that, but it was a while ago that I read it. 5y

CarolynM @MrsMalaprop It's a while since I read it too. I don't remember the details, just that feeling😒 5y

Abailliekaras @CarolynM @mrsmalaprop that‘s interesting - i read it as a healthy father-figure/ mentor relationship but given their isolation it‘s risky as well (thinking about it as a mother!). So it‘s ambiguous but I think she deals with it sensitively. And Harry is a sympathetic character - I don‘t think he‘s untoward. But I like that she doesn‘t spell it all out. 5y

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