little bitty girl

The Bird Factory is a debut novel by David Layton. The story centers around Luke Gray, a man who makes wooden birds for a living and is perfectly content with his lot in life. That is until his wife decides to turn his life upside down by trying to have a child. The emotional turmoil and mental stress of infertility causes Luke to rethink his life. This also leaves him to confront his less than perfect childhood with his philandering father and his controlling mother.

I liked the very clear and succinct method of Layton's writing. The novel is dark, yet humorous and full of observations of human fallacies. Although, the outcome of the story itself was not as original as I had hoped it would be, it was still an enjoyable read.