Where the Pigeons Appear
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In 1865, a bird is shot out of the sky and changes into a woman, a transformative accident with consequences that will ripple through generations. Trapped in this new form, she learns how to be human and builds a home and a family. But one day, her feathers reappear, and she is returned to the sky. Three subsequent generations of her descendants-women living in the same location in different times-will then discover their own feathers and fight the change in a race to escape their ancestor's fate and an attempt to save the next generation.
Follow this family saga spanning four generations and one hundred and fifty years. Home isn't a place but a living spirit. And, in this family, it's wherever the pigeon appears.
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