The Yellow Bird Sings (Paperback)
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Published: 18/03/2021
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'Prepare to have your heart broken' Good Housekeeping
Woman & Home Book Club Pick

Poland, 1941. A mother. A child. An impossible choice.

After the Jews in their town are rounded up, Róza and her five-year-old daughter, Shira, seek shelter in a local farmer’s barn. They spend their days and nights in silence to avoid being caught.

When their safe haven is shattered, Róza faces an impossible choice: whether to keep her daughter close by her side, or give her the chance to survive by letting her go.

A deeply moving novel about the unbreakable bond between parent and child, The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner powerfully portrays the triumph of humanity and hope in even the darkest circumstances.

'If you only read one book this year, make it The Yellow Bird Sings' – AJ Pearce, author of Dear Mrs Bird
'Room meets Schindler’s List . . . a beautifully written tale of mothers and daughters' Kate Quinn, author of The Huntress

Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529032475
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 220 g
Dimensions: 196 x 131 x 20 mm


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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 Dear Mrs Bird

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 The Huntress and The Alice Network

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 Before We Were Yours and Before and After

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

A deeply moving novel in which even the weakest and most vulnerable are sustained by the power of music, stories and love in a music, stories and love in a time of terror and tyranny - Herald

A captivating read - Good Reading

Outstanding . . . it will appeal particularly to fans Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief - Glam Adelaide

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

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“How music helps a mother and daughter in their fight to survive during WWII”

Poland, 1941. Jewish Roza and her six year old daughter, Shira, are the only survivors of a large, close-knit and very musical family. They are hiding in a barn from the Nazis. The farmer who owns the barn helps them,... More

Hardback edition
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“Historical Fiction”

This story is a out a Jewish mother, her six year old daughter and their relationship during World War Ii. They are hiding from the Nazis In Poland. Her husband had been executed by the Nazis and her parents had been... More

Hardback edition
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“Brilliant moving novel”

This book held a lot of promise for me, I was so drawn to the setting and I love historical fiction set in the era. It really was everything I had hoped it would be.

I loved the characters of Shira and Roza and the... More

Hardback edition
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