From the page to the screen, Birdy retains the timeless voice that made her an epitome of rebellion to fiercely independent teenage girls
In a memorable moment from the book, a river in Stonebridge freezes over. Perkin and Gerd polish bones from the kitchen and fasten them to their shoes to go ice skating, but Birdy isn’t allowed.
In the movie, Birdy and Perkin intercept the first of Birdy’s many suitors, a man from Kent , and prank him, sending him away before he ever has a chance to reach the manor. When Birdy’s father finds out, he beats her on the hand with a rod. Readers who fell for the young hero’s spunk in the face of the patriarchy will see it carefully preserved onscreen. But this is also a coming-of-age tale. In a bildungsroman, the main character grows—both morally and psychologically. In“It occurred to me that what actually makes people married is not the church or the priest but their consent, their ‘I will,’” Birdy realizes in the book. “And I do not consent. Will never consent. ‘I will not.
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