The Whistle of a Bird by Laura J Bloom
What would you sacrifice to save your children?
… It is difficult to keep moving as the mud sucks at her boots. Nadiya walks alongside her. Maryna sees the hole in Nadiya’s shoe where her toes poke through to show a child’s patterned sock. She is proud of how brave her little sister has been. “My little crumb” is what her father called her. Tiny for her age. She has not complained but she is tired and hungry and won’t be able to continue much longer.
…Fujiko’s stomach is growling, and she is cold. So cold that her hands hurt. Her feet stopped hurting a while ago. Now they are just numb. This is worse than the heat of last summer when she lay in bed kicking the covers to the floor…
…Benita is locked in a shroud of silence where everything around her has ceased to exist. It is hard to mobilize her limbs. They feel heavy and slow, yet she is running as fast as she can. It is too late, they are gone. She sits alone on the hot, blood splattered ground, in shock, with tears streaking her face…
America’s history is like no other nation. Immigrant women have had a profound role in its evolution and continue to inspire its evolving story. When confronting modern struggles, many find empowerment through the sacrifice, hope, and determination of those who came before them. Glimpse into the lives of nine ordinary generational immigrant women who through extraordinary circumstances, and overlapping moments in time, are linked as America’s daughters.
Release date Feb. 9, 2023. Available for .99 pre-order NOW until Feb. 23rd then $2.99
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Author Bio:
Laura currently resides in beautiful North GA where she enjoys a quiet life with her husband Robert while nudging cats off her keyboard. Time previously spent raising her three sons and running a successful business is now spent liking cute cat memes, researching ways to deter archrival deer from eating her garden, cooking without recipes and dreaming about future travels.
Her boldly insightful and beautifully written debut novel, THE GOD LETTER absorbed readers with its story about a woman’s struggle with dementia and religion in her hopeful contemplation of God & spirituality in contemporary American society.
In Laura’s second novel THE WHISTLE OF A BIRD, readers will again find hope and gratitude at the center of powerful female characters who are relatable in their struggles. Well researched and sprinkled with lush metaphor these nine linked stories artfully blur genres to offer a glimpse into the lives of ordinary generational immigrant women, who through extraordinary circumstances, and overlapping moments in time, become interwoven as America’s daughters.