''A lovely and poignant novel, filled with insight and dry wit... The painful, funny struggles of the women in this book - mothers, daughters, sisters, neighbours, doctors, patients - will resonate with readers everywhere.'' KATHERINE HEINY, author of GAMES AND RITUALS''Goodbye Birdie Greenwing is one of those books that lingers..I laughed, cried and felt more compassionate for reading it. A triumph.'' JENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS''Oh, the exquisite, tender misfits in Goodbye Birdie Greenwing! I love them all. I love the way loneliness is gathered up into such a delightfully odd communityI love the entire book.'' CATHERINE NEWMAN, author of WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS___________Great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget ...Birdie Greenwing has been at a loose end ever since her beloved twin sister and husband passed awayToo proud and stubborn to admit she is lonely, Birdie’s world has shrunk. But then some new neighbours mov