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Agnes heads down to inform Robbie’s family of what’s happened. For roughly two minutes, they kind of despise her, but after that, they come to understand that she’s great, and everything works out.

Note to all: these entries are inevitably huge and -heavy. Although I didn’t use every one of the fifty screencaps, there are undoubtedly thirty or so below this cut.

(Fantastically, they choose to live in sin forever since British law forbade a man from marrying his brother’s widow. Get it, Agnes. ).

He gives her the longest cheek kiss ever as he leaves, and she tries her hardest to be understanding and not speak for him.

(It is obvious that Jessie is not marrying the most attractive Felton because there is a potential McAvoy up there who is just itching to make some serious Yearning Face.) ).

Catherine Cookson. Summit Books, $19.45 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-66620-0

Agnes Conway, Cookson’s most recent innocent yet tenacious and endearing turn-of-the-century heroine, believes that life is unfair to women and that her only options are to marry for convenience or endure bitter spinsterhood. Agnes, the older and less attractive daughter of a prosperous shopkeeper in northern England, has little chance of inheriting the business, while her sister Jessie gets to go to secretarial school. Agnes changes the lives of the well-born Farrier brothers, Charles and Reginald, when they meet her in the shop. Agnes is brave enough to break many social norms because of Charles’s (and later Reginalds’) professed love. She faces the snobbish disapproval of the elder Farriers, her abusive and philandering father, and her unfortunate friend Jessie when she becomes pregnant by an apparently inappropriate man from the lower working class. Once more placing a charming tale of love between a brave woman and a historical setting, Cookson (The Black Candle) examines how World War I has altered British class structures, especially as they relate to women. Doubleday Book Club alternate. (Apr. ).

Reviewed on: 04/01/1991

Genre: Fiction

Analog Audio Cassette – 978-1-85496-447-2

Library Binding – 573 pages – 978-1-56054-211-7

Mass Market Paperbound – 512 pages – 978-0-552-13577-1

Mass Market Paperbound – 507 pages – 978-0-552-14515-2

Paperback – 384 pages – 978-1-4516-6008-1

Paperback – 512 pages – 978-0-552-17529-6

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FAQ

What is the wingless bird?

Flightless birds are birds that, through evolution, lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species, including the well-known ratites (ostriches, emus, cassowaries, rheas, and kiwis) and penguins. The smallest flightless bird is the Inaccessible Island rail (length 12.5 cm, weight 34.7 g).

What is the movie Wingless Bird about?

Synopsis. When Agnes Conway has a chance encounter with wealthy Charles Farrier in her father’s sweet shop on Christmas Eve 1913, little does she realise that romance is to blossom and her life is about to change.