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Poland, 1941. A mother. A child. An impossible choice. Poland, 1941. Roza and her five-year-old daughter, Shira, are the only surviving Jews in their town. They spend day and night hidden in a neighbour's barn. Forbidden from making a sound, only the yellow bird from her mother's stories can sing the melodies Shira composes in her head. Roza does all she can to take care of Shira and shield her from the horrors of the outside world. They play silent games and invent their own sign language. But then the day comes when their haven is no longer safe, and Roza must face an impossible choice: whether the best thing she can do for her daughter is keep her close by her side, or give her the chance to survive by letting her go . . . The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner is a powerfully captivating and deeply affecting novel about the unbreakable bond between parent and child and the triumph of humanity and hope in even the darkest circumstances.

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Prepare to have your heart broken * Good Housekeeping * If you only read one book this year, make it The Yellow Bird Sings . . . Jennifer Rosner's novel stands alongside The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as one of those profoundly special World War Two novels you know you will never forget -- AJ Pearce, author of <i>Dear Mrs Bird</i> The Yellow Bird Sings is at the top of my reading list * Elle * A captivating, quietly powerful telling of music, loss, longing and hope * Living Magazines * Room meets Schindler's List . . . a beautifully written tale of mothers and daughters -- Kate Quinn, author of <i>The Huntress</i> and <i>The Alice Network</i> Told beneath an overarching sky of the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter, this is a story readers will continue to ponder long afterward -- Lisa Wingate, author of <i>Before We Were Yours</i> and <i>Before and After</i> This is an absolutely beautiful and necessary novel, full of heartbreak but also hope, about the bond between mother and daughter, and the sacrifices made for love -- Mary Beth Keane * New York Times * A captivating and emotional tale about the love between a mother and daughter * ReadPlus * Outstanding . . . it will appeal particularly to fans Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief * Glam Adelaide * A captivating read * Good Reading * Rosner's debut novel is a World War II story with a Room-like twist, one that also deftly examines the ways in which art and imagination can sustain us . . . an effective work of suspense, and Rosner's understanding of how art plays a role in our lives, even at the worst of times, is impressive * Kirkus *

The Yellow Bird Sings takes a vital fragment of 20th-century history that is so heavily bound in horror and grief and succeeds in endowing it with poignancy and beauty . . . a captivating read * Good Reading * Rosner's debut is outstanding. A compelling must-read, it will appeal particularly to fans of historical fiction, such as Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief * Glam Adelaide * A captivating and emotional tale about the love between a mother and daughter * ReadPlus * This is an absolutely beautiful and necessary novel, full of heartbreak but also hope, about the bond between mother and daughter, and the sacrifices made for love -- Mary Beth Keane * New York Times * A beautiful book in so many ways. Like Shira's imaginary bird, Jennifer Rosner's prose is lilting and musical, yet her tale of war's grave personal reality is gripping, heartrending, and so very real -- Lisa Wingate, author of <i>Before We Were Yours</i> and <i>Before and After</i> Room meets Schindler's List in The Yellow Bird Sings, a beautifully written tale of mothers and daughters, war and love, the music of the living and the silence of the dead -- Kate Quinn, author of <i>The Huntress</i> and <i>The Alice Network</i> The Yellow Bird Sings is a story of the ties that bind between mother and daughter - a captivating, quietly powerful telling of music, loss, longing and hope * Living Magazines * The Yellow Bird Sings is at the top of my reading list * Elle * Desperately moving and exquisitely written. If you only read one book this year, make it The Yellow Bird Sings. A beautiful story with achingly memorable characters, for me Jennifer Rosner's novel stands alongside The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Code Name Verity as one of those profoundly special World War Two novels you know you will never forget -- AJ Pearce, author of <i>Dear Mrs Bird</i> Prepare to have your heart broken by this moving tale of a mother who has to make an unbearable decision in order to save her child * Good Housekeeping *

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The Yellow Bird Sings is Jennifer Rosner's debut novel. She is the author of the memoir If A Tree Falls: A Family's Quest to Hear and Be Heard, and the children's book, The Mitten String. Her writing has appeared in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines. Jennifer lives in western Massachusetts with her family.

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