Crooked Wings

Book Cover
Average Rating
Publisher:
Alastair Sharp
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description
The spiritual search is an unfolding mystery that takes as many forms as there are seekers on the path. Whatever it is that compels a person to search for that mysterious and gripping missing link in our being has a narrative of its own, no two are ever the same. A barefoot holy man blesses a Moroccan child in the marketplace in Casablanca, Find the bird with crooked wings, he tells her. Unwavering in her determination, Shaafia becomes a translator, but not merely of words. A dropout Frenchman is, carried off from a beach in Goa. In a Hindu ashram, Théophile is, commanded to study an ancient Indian scripture and then, is abruptly, sent home to serve the reincarnation of the crippled saint who wrote it. An Australian nurse searches for her lost aboriginal heritage in the desert, where after her initiation, the elders tell her of the birth of her spirit child. When Kate finds it, the child is unlike any she has ever seen. Like spokes on a wheel, drawn in towards the hub, seemingly unrelated incidents launch unexpected journeys, where disparate characters confront their obstacles and their preconceptions, finally to arrive at a mutual rendezvous in a crumbling French château. When each of them recognizes that they have discovered the goal of their search, they find each other. The goal of their search however is not what they had expected. Trapped in a physically disabled body lives a child with the power to open others to their own potential. Pia is eight-years-old. She has cerebral palsy but she also, has the subtle and powerful wisdom of an ancient soul. Crooked Wings is a timeless story of interwoven journeys, of revelation and restoration, where every pilgrim, driven by their thirst to know, pursues a unique path and must learn to read the sign posts of their progress in their own personal language. The ultimate message is about Love, is about finding the heart, is about trusting that within each of them, their questioning can be answered.
Also in This Series
More Like This
More Details
Contributors:
ISBN:
9781736308219
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID3ecd2b0a-4759-206d-bab6-73645de96d93
Grouping Titlecrooked wings
Grouping Authoralastair sharp
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-01-26 15:04:47PM
Last Indexed2024-05-10 22:52:48PM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Sharp, Alastair
author2-role
hoopla digital
author_display
Sharp, Alastair
display_description
The spiritual search is an unfolding mystery that takes as many forms as there are seekers on the path. Whatever it is that compels a person to search for that mysterious and gripping missing link in our being has a narrative of its own, no two are ever the same. A barefoot holy man blesses a Moroccan child in the marketplace in Casablanca, Find the bird with crooked wings, he tells her. Unwavering in her determination, Shaafia becomes a translator, but not merely of words. A dropout Frenchman is, carried off from a beach in Goa. In a Hindu ashram, Théophile is, commanded to study an ancient Indian scripture and then, is abruptly, sent home to serve the reincarnation of the crippled saint who wrote it. An Australian nurse searches for her lost aboriginal heritage in the desert, where after her initiation, the elders tell her of the birth of her spirit child. When Kate finds it, the child is unlike any she has ever seen. Like spokes on a wheel, drawn in towards the hub, seemingly unrelated incidents launch unexpected journeys, where disparate characters confront their obstacles and their preconceptions, finally to arrive at a mutual rendezvous in a crumbling French château. When each of them recognizes that they have discovered the goal of their search, they find each other. The goal of their search however is not what they had expected. Trapped in a physically disabled body lives a child with the power to open others to their own potential. Pia is eight-years-old. She has cerebral palsy but she also, has the subtle and powerful wisdom of an ancient soul. Crooked Wings is a timeless story of interwoven journeys, of revelation and restoration, where every pilgrim, driven by their thirst to know, pursues a unique path and must learn to read the sign posts of their progress in their own personal language. The ultimate message is about Love, is about finding the heart, is about trusting that within each of them, their questioning can be answered.
format_category_eh
eBook
format_eh
eBook
id
3ecd2b0a-4759-206d-bab6-73645de96d93
isbn
9781736308219
last_indexed
2024-05-11T04:52:48.222Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Fiction
local_time_since_added_eh
Year
primary_isbn
9781736308219
publishDate
2020
publisher
Alastair Sharp
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Electronic books
title_display
Crooked Wings
title_full
Crooked Wings [electronic resource] / Alastair Sharp
title_short
Crooked Wings
topic_facet
Electronic books

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
hoopla:MWT14379283Online Hoopla CollectionOnline HooplaeBookeBook1falsetrueHooplahttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14379283?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435Available Online

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
hoopla:MWT14379283eBookeBookEnglishAlastair Sharp20201 online resource (394 pages)

scoping_details_eh

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
hoopla:MWT14379283Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruefalsefalsefalsefalse