Raven Girl


Raven Girl is a 2013 novel by Audrey Niffenegger

Plot

A postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route decides to bring her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child—an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body.

Reception

In general, this book did not have the strongest reception with Douglas Wolk of the Washington Post saying "the happy ending that the story cuts corners to reach feels as hollow as a bird’s bones." A review from NPR noted that the book "But Raven Girl, like the sad creature at its center, lingers in the memory: odd, quiet, more than a little unsettling, but strangely, even hauntingly, beautiful."

Adaptation

In 2013, The Royal Ballet asked Niffenegger to adapt the book into a ballet which was performed at the Royal Opera House.