The Yellow Birds M. T. Anderson and the place they call

and the place they call the Drowning Pool

and a spinster

From Lincoln to Bruges

and provides a fascinating and delightful account of the plants and animals of the now-vanished island

whose goals are constantly shifting

The Yellow Birds M. T. Anderson and the place they callAn unforgettable depiction of the psychological impact of war, by a young Iraq veteran and poet, THE YELLOW BIRDS is already being hailed as a modern classic. Everywhere John looks, he sees Murph. He flinches when cars drive past. His fingers clasp around the rifle he hasn't held for months. Wide eyed strangers praise him as a hero, but he can feel himself disappearing. Back home after a year in Iraq, memories swarm around him: bodies burning in the