With lyrical, stirring prose, Dian Greenwood explores the universality of the human experience in a story about family, faith and the ties that bind. Forever Blackbirds is a thoughtful tale about a matriarch who emigrated to America as a young teen--her choices, struggles, and tragedies--and the powerful role family history plays in molding her and the family she builds. Through well-drawn characters, the author captures how we become our unique selves, muddling through love and relationships, searching for a path forward, striving for a sense of belonging and a belief in something. Sometimes we are able to break free of our past, and sometimes we cling to it a drowning man. The story is set in the first half of the twentieth century, a time when the slings and arrows of life were particularly deadly. And although it was a time when suffering and loss were the norm, Greenwood still makes the suffering personal. A sad, splendid book that rings true.

Maryka BiaggioAuthor 6 books90

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