Another great song.
Bird was a pretty beautiful book. I was listening to it at the same time that I was reading
Nightingale's Nest though, and that was a pretty dumb thing to do for me. Both books are beautiful and powerful and really should have been given their own time in my mind and imagination. I gave four stars to Bird but now that I look back on it, I think I am going to change it. There is a lot going on here. Grief. Culture. Intergenerational stuff. This was a heavy, beautiful book. Yes, I am going to change it to five stars.
Jewel is of
Mexican and
Jamaican descent and that figures into the story.
One thing I just can't believe about Bird is that this is Crystal Chan's first book. Unreal. Now I know that she probably has been writing for a long time. But man, a first time author putting out a beauty like this? If 2015 isn't
1954, Bird will be named as an
Honor for sure. Oh, also, I have to say I loved, loved, loved, loved Jewel's dad and her grandfather. Chan really knows how to paint a soul with words. Excellent.
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