Raven Girl (the writer of 'The Time Traveler's Wife')

Raven Girl is a dark, gothic fairy tale by Audrey Niffenegger about the offspring of an impossible love between a human postman and a raven. Their daughter, born with a human body but the mind and soul of a bird, feels trapped in her own skin, unable to speak human language or fly. As she grows up, her desperate longing to belong to the sky leads her to undergo a radical, surreal surgical transformation to gain wings. Accompanied by Niffenegger’s own haunting illustrations, this modern fable explores themes of identity, transformation, and longing.