THE NATURE OF SMALL BIRDS
BY SUSIE FINKBEINER
Publisher: Revell
Pub Date: July 6, 2021
Pages: 368 pages
Categories: Fiction / Christian / General
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In 1975, three thousand children were airlifted out of Saigon to be adopted into Western homes. When Mindy, one of those children, announces her plans to return to Vietnam to find her birth mother, her loving adopted family is suddenly thrown back to the events surrounding her unconventional arrival in their lives.
Though her father supports Mindy’s desire to meet her family of origin, he struggles privately with an unsettling fear that he’ll lose the daughter he’s poured his heart into. Mindy’s mother undergoes the emotional rollercoaster inherent in the adoption of a child from a war-torn country, discovering the joy hidden amid the difficulties. And Mindy’s sister helps her sort through relics that whisper of the effect the trauma of war has had on their family–but also speak of the beauty of overcoming.
Told through three strong voices in three compelling timelines, The Nature of Small Birds is a hopeful story that explores the meaning of family far beyond genetic code.
“Susie Finkbeiner has such an inviting and distinctive voice as a writer that you’ll gladly follow it–and follow her–to any setting.”–Valerie Fraser Luesse, Christy Award-winning author of Under the Bayou Moon
The Nature of Small Birds is told by three distinct voices — Bruce, Linda, and one of their daughters Sonny. So, I’m giving you a playlist for each of them. Hope you find something to enjoy!
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Bruce’s Songs
Fortunate Son by Credence Clearwater Revival
All Along the Watchtower by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Blackbird by The Beatles
Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac
Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
Susie Q by Credence Clearwater Revival
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
Linda’s Songs
Bennie and the Jets by Elton John
I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin
Somebody to Love by Queen
California Dreamin’ by The Mamas and The Papas
Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield
Sonny’s Songs
Raspberry Beret by Prince
Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
With or Without You by U2
Don’t You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds
In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar
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Love that there’s a playlist!
LOVE this playlist so much! Thanks for the post!
Same, Kristine. Thanks for stopping by!