YELLOW BIRD SINGS

Sexually explicit in parts and heartbreaking because of its Holocaust background, the novel is set in Poland 1941. Jewish mother Róza and her five year old daughter have fled their home and gone into hiding. Living in a farmer's barn, Shira is forbidden from making a sound. Her inventive mother keeps her occupied with silent games and their own sign language and in the evenings they occasionally whisper with Róza singing and making sure Shira grows up with her parents? love of music. The years that follow focus on their survival and the lengths a mother will go to protect her child when one day they must leave their hiding place and face an impossible choice - Róza must keep her daughter close by her side or take a chance to survive by letting her go. A very emotional novel where music soothes the soul and gives a voice when you are unable to speak, releasing sorrow and aching, joy and deep needs and heartache. You will cry tears and have goosebumps in a novel about the bond between mother and daughter and the sacrifices made for love. 291pp, paperback.