Avery, a young widow from Iowa, travels to Nepal to connect with her late husband‘s roots. Though she knows no more than that his village was called Baghmara, she is willing to visit every Baghmara in the country if she must.
But when she meets a young Nepali woman, Putali, and her mother, Khusbhu – two women also struggling to build new lives for themselves – Avery becomes more embroiled in the chaotic energy of the living then the histories of the dead, Pursuing a connection far deeper than the one for which she’d been searching.
Birds with Horse Hearts explores the entangled lives of three women as they navigate grief, freedom, and their own journeys to find people to call family and places to call home.
Avery, a young widow from Iowa, travels to Nepal to connect with her late husband‘s roots. Though she knows no more than that his village was called Baghmara, she is willing to visit every Baghmara in the country if she must.
But when she meets a young Nepali woman, Putali, and her mother, Khusbhu – two women also struggling to build new lives for themselves – Avery becomes more embroiled in the chaotic energy of the living then the histories of the dead, Pursuing a connection far deeper than the one for which she’d been searching.
Birds with Horse Hearts explores the entangled lives of three women as they navigate grief, freedom, and their own journeys to find people to call family and places to call home.