Why read The Hummingbird Effect?

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An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread and their determination to shape their own stories, from the acclaimed author of The Mother Fault.

One of the lucky few with a job during the Depression, Peggy’s just starting out in life. She’s…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Hummingbird Effect as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Alison Booth

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I loved this novel for its scope and ambition. It is a wise and challenging book with a clear vision of what our future might hold.

This vision is communicated via four seemingly disparate storylines about four women across four different time periods, beginning in a 1933 meat works, before moving to an old age home in a 2020 lockdown and forward into a factory job where big brother is watching you, and then on to scenes of environmental degradation.

Readers who loved Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr or Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell will love this book by…

From Alison's 3 favorite reads in 2023.