The Yellow Bird Sings

b>Poland, 1941. A mother. A child. An impossible choice./b>Poland, 1941. After the Jews in their town are rounded up, Roza and her five-year-old daughter, Shira, spend day and night hidden in a farmer'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 gripping and deeply moving 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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Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jennifer Rosner
• Editore: Picador Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781529032437
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-3243-7
• Pagine: 294
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 233 mm x 21 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Women, Second World War fiction, Poland, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Politics, The Holocaust, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Jewish, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Family Life / General