The Yellow Bird Sings

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.

“A captivating read”

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
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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

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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