Catbirds
By Ezra Palmer
It’s the height of the pandemic when Randall Green learns that his brother Adam has been found dead in a deserted riverfront marina three thousand miles away.
With little interest or help from the police or other family members, he sets out to piece together what happened to his complicated, difficult brother—and why.
Unfolding in bursts of incantatory prose as Randall struggles, two years later, to compose a suitable eulogy for his brother at the last possible moment, Catbirds is a mystery, a meditation on grief and healing, and a portrait of a riven family in a riven land.
“I read it with the intensity with which one might read the instructions on how to operate a defibrillator while a friend is having a heart attack. IT’S THAT GOOD.”
—Peg Tyre, New York Times bestselling author of “The Trouble With Boys”
“Pulsing with insight, wit, feeling, and mysteries… Catbirds examines frayed family bonds with fresh power and insight. EDITOR’S PICK.” —BookLife
“An intimate and often affecting family saga of loss and betrayal.” —Kirkus Reviews
“I have read many books on the complexities of grief, but none captured my experience as profoundly as Catbirds.“ —Debra Koenig, MA, LMFT
Product Details
Paperback | $18
Ebook | $9.99
Audiobook | $14
Published by Taag & Rohg Press
August 2025
184 Pages | 5 1/4 x 8
Where to buy ‘Catbirds’
Purchase on Amazon (paperback, ebook, audiobook)
About the author
Ezra Palmer is the author of the novels Catbirds and Handsome, nontraditional narratives that have been called “hypnotic,” “mesmerizing,” and “profound.”
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