Reviewed: Plastic Budgie, Olivia De Zilva, Pink Shorts Press

The debut offering from Olivia De Zilva is a bildungsroman that sits somewhere between autobiography and fiction—a fragmented, although chronological, account of a young girl’s (also named Olivia) becoming. Plastic Budgie is sectioned into three parts: ‘The Past’, ‘The Present’, and ‘The Ammonite’. As the book traces Olivia’s memories, she grapples with the present and ultimately reaches an epiphany.