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LEADER: 02938cam a2200469 i 4500
001 2014012310
003 DLC
005 20150521082030.0
008 140407s2015 nyu 000 0aeng
010 $a 2014012310
020 $a9780805096514 (hardback)
020 $a0805096515 (hardback)
020 $z9780805096521 (electronic book)
020 $z0805096523 (electronic book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aCT275.M673$bA3 2015
082 00 $a810.9/9287$223
084 $aBIO026000$aPET002000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMoustaki, Nikki,$d1970-
245 14 $aThe bird market of Paris :$ba memoir /$cNikki Moustaki.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bHenry Holt and Company,$c2015.
300 $a242 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"An avian expert and poet shares a true story of beloved birds, a remarkable grandfather, a bad-girl youth--and an astonishing redemption. Nikki Moustaki, author of The Bird Market of Paris, grew up in 1980s Miami, the only child of parents who worked, played, and traveled for luxury sports car dealerships. At home, her doting grandmother cooked for and fed her, but it was her grandfather--an evening-gown designer, riveting storyteller, and bird expert--who was her mentor and dearest companion. Like her grandfather, Nikki fell hard for birds. 'Birds filled my childhood,' she writes, 'as blue filled the sky.' Her grandfather showed her how to hypnotize chickens, sneak up on pigeons, and handle baby birds. He gave her a white dove to release for luck on each birthday. And he urged her to, someday, visit the bird market of Paris. But by the time Nikki graduated from college and moved to New York City, she was succumbing to alcohol and increasingly unable to care for her flock. When her grandfather died, guilt-ridden Nikki drank even more. In a last-ditch effort to honor her grandfather, she flew to France hoping to visit the bird market of Paris to release a white dove. Instead, something astonishing happened there that saved Nikki's life"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aMoustaki, Nikki,$d1970-$xChildhood and youth.
600 10 $aMoustaki, Nikki,$d1970-$xFamily.
600 10 $aMoustaki, Nikki,$d1970-$xTravel$zFrance$zParis.
650 0 $aAmericans$zFrance$zParis$vBiography.
650 0 $aYoung women$zFrance$zParis$vBiography.
650 0 $aCage birds$zFrance$zParis.
650 0 $aMarkets$zFrance$zParis.
650 0 $aRedemption.
650 0 $aAlcoholics$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen authors, American$vBiography.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPETS / Birds.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/514/9780805096514/image/lgcover.9780805096514.jpg