FFE2 Book Review ofWhere the sweet bird sings by Ella joy olsen
Name of Book: Where the Sweet Bird Sings Author: Ella Joy Olsen ISBN: B01NCHBT7B Publisher: Kensington Year it was published: 2017 Summary: In this provocative new novel, the author of Root, Petal, Thorn offers a powerful story of resilience, hope, and the secrets that, no matter how deeply hidden, can shape and ultimately unite a family. What connects us to one another? Is it shared history? Is it ancestry? Or is it love? People respond to tragedy in different ways. Some try to move on. Some don’t move at all. A year after her young son’s death due to a rare genetic disease, Emma Hazelton is still frozen by grief, unable and unwilling to consider her husband Noah’s suggestion that they try to have another child. She can’t gamble with heartbreak and loss again. Yet she can’t stand in the way of Noah having the family he deserves—even if she believes the answer is to push him away. As the future Emma once imagined crumbles, her family’s past comes into s...