BIBFRAME Work

Title

A thousand paper birds

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

1000 paper birds

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Udall, Tor (author )

Subject

• Wives--Death (LCSH)
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew--Fiction.
• Man-woman relationships (LCSH)
• Man-woman relationships (FAST)

Genre Form

• Fiction (FAST)
• Fiction (LCGFT)
• Psychological fiction (LCGFT)
• Psychological fiction (FAST)

Language

• eng

Illustrative Content

• illustrations
• maps

Classification

• DDC: 823/.92
• LCC: PR6071.D35 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)

Content

• text

Summary

After the sudden death of his wife, Audrey, Jonah sits on a bench in Kew Gardens, trying to reassemble the shattered pieces of his life. Chloe, shaven-headed and abrasive, finds solace in the origami she meticulously folds. But when she meets Jonah, her carefully constructed defences threaten to fall. Milly, a child quick to laugh, freely roams Kew, finding beauty everywhere she goes. But where is her mother and where does she go when the gardens are closed? Harry's purpose is to save plants from extinction. Quiet and enigmatic, he longs for something- or someone- who will root him more firmly to the earth. Audrey links these strangers together. As the mystery of her death unravels, the characters journey through the seasons to learn that stories, like paper, can be refolded and reformed.

Authorized Access Point

Udall, Tor. A thousand paper birds

Intended audience

• adult

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:11:58.841425+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23983084

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc