All The Birds, Singing

I read Evie Wyld's book, All the Birds, Singing fast because I could hardly put it down. This novel starts out in Australia and ends up on a small, unnamed island in Britain.  Jake Whyte is the female protagonist. The story is told going back and forth in time and location. The British part of Jake's later years are told in sequence. The Australian part of Jake's younger years are told going backwards in time. The reason why Jake acts the way she acts takes a long time to figure out. Jake is no ordinary woman, living on a secluded island, raising sheep, and acting as if she needs no one and cares for no one. Some parts of the story are very difficult to read about but then the author pulls back and sprinkles in some humor to lighten the mood. This book won quite a few awards back in 2014 and 2015. I think the story is brilliant.