Mateship with Birds
Mateship with Birds is a 2012 novel by Australian novelist Carrie Tiffany which won the inaugural 2013 Stella Prize.
Synopsis
The novel is set in the 1950s in Cohuna, a town in northern Victoria. Betty, a nurse, lives on the outskirts of town, next-door to dairy farmer Harry, whose wife has left him for a man from the local bird fanciers' club.Critical reception
Writing in The Guardian Janine Burke called the book a "raw and tender novel" and went on point out the connections between this novel and the book of the same title by Alec Chisholm.Romana Kaval in The Monthly found "the book full of wisdom and humour."