Starling, Isabel Strychacz
Starling, Isabel Strychacz
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Starling

Author: Isabel Strychacz

Narrator: Mara Wilson

Unabridged: 13 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2023

Synopsis

Edward Scissorhands meets When the Moon Was Ours in this engrossing novel about two teen sisters who fight to protect the mysterious stranger who literally fell from the stars and into their backyard.Strange things have always happened in the small town of Darling.​​​Yet Delta Wilding and her sister Bee are familiar with the peculiar. Raised by an eccentric father always on the hunt for the spectacular, they ae used to following weather patterns that twirl onto strange paths, a car that refuses to play any artist but one, and living in a sentient house with whims of its own. But when a mysterious boy falls from the stars into the woods behind the Wilding sisters’ farmhouse, nothing can prepare them for the extraordinary turn their lives are about to take.Extraordinary, and dangerous.Starling Rust is not from this world, and his presence in the Wilding home brings attention. As the terrified locals, Delta’s ex-boyfriend, and the unscrupulous mayor descend onto their home, both Delta and her sister go to incredible lengths to protect their mystical visitor—especially as Delta’s growing feelings for Starling could prove the greatest risk of all.

About Isabel Strychacz

Isabel Strychacz is from a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Mills College in Oakland, where she received BA degrees in English/creative writing and history. With multiple short stories published in her university literary journal, she was the recipient of the college’s award for top fiction prose in 2016. Starling is her debut novel. Isabel currently resides in the United Kingdom and you can find her online @IsabelStrychacz (Twitter) and @bookishlybelle (Instagram).

About Mara Wilson

Mara Wilson is a writer, playwright, actor, and storyteller perhaps best known as the little girl from Mrs. Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street, and Matilda. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she regularly appears at live storytelling and comedy shows, including her own, What Are You Afraid Of?. Her writing can be found on Jezebel, The Toast, McSweeney’s, the Daily Beast, and Cracked.com, and on her blog, MaraWilsonWritesStuff.com. A voice actor on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, she will guest star on upcoming episodes of Broad City and BoJack Horseman. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by J (Midnight Book Blog) on February 14, 2023

Ok, I’ve calmed down a bit from my original review. So I’ll break it down how I usually do with a little less -venom- Plot: there wasn’t much going on. Mostly teens driving around, eating, and complaining internally about things that could be solved with communication. Characters: there wasn’t much d......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on December 27, 2021

"We're from the same universe, aren't we? And we're both made of the dust of stars that collapsed billions of years ago. We may not be the same, but here we are, talking together. Living. You deserve to live, to feel. I think you know it too, deep down." This book gave me everything I wanted from it:......more

Goodreads review by Cait | GoodeyReads on November 10, 2021

Thank you to the author for an eARC from winning a giveaway. THE ATMOSPHERE. BLOG || INSTAGRAM Let me tell you I was GIDDY when I found out I won this giveaway. I’ve been hyped to read this book after following this author on Instagram for years. And y’all, get ready to add another book to your TBR. Th......more

Goodreads review by Starr on June 14, 2022

I received an ARC from Edelweiss TW: harassment & mobs, home invasion, fire/arson, gun violence 3.5 Darling is a strange place- but most people don't know that. Only Delta and her family, living on the outskirts of town, know how odd things really are, with their house that seems alive and the door......more

Goodreads review by sara ♥ on January 10, 2022

this was beautiful!!! had so many interesting and complex characters ENJOYED IT SO SO MUCH I was so sad to see it end......more

Quotes

“Starling will leave you wishing on stars and dropping coins in wells—a breathless dream of a novel about love, family, and the magic surrounding us.” Katrina Leno, author of Horrid

“Evoking a darkly whimsical tone…this tale is an engrossing, languidly paced work of suspense exploring family and small-town dynamics and loyalties…An earnest, slowly unfolding drama.” Kirkus Reviews

“Strychacz dusts her novel with the supernatural as she puts humanity’s beauty and ugliness on equal display, keeping this heartfelt story from slipping into sentimentality and sparkling all the more for it.” Booklist

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