When she was young, the writer Flannery O’Connor was captivated by the chickens in her yard. She’d watch their wings flap, their beaks peck, and their eyes glint. At age six, her life was forever changed when she and a chicken she had been training to walk forwards and backwards were featured in the Pathé News, and she realized that people want to see what is odd and strange in life. But while she loved birds of all varieties and kept several species around the house, it was the peacocks that came to dominate her life. Written by Amy Alznauer with devotional attention to all things odd and illustrated in radiant paint by Ping Zhu, The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor explores the beginnings of one author’s lifelong obsession.

作家Flannery O’Connor年轻的时候对她院子里的小鸡们非常着迷。她经常看它们拍打翅膀，在地上啄食，眼睛闪闪发光。6岁时，她和一只她一直在训练来回走的小鸡上了《Pathé News》，这件事永远地改变了她的人生，她意识到人们想要看生活中的奇闻异事。但是，尽管她热爱各种各样的鸟类，并且在房子周围养了几种鸟类，但孔雀才是她生活的重心。