| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (6 audio files) : digital |
| Playing Time |
06:39:43 |
| Description |
digital stereo rda |
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audio file rda |
| Note |
Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Anna Koval. |
| Summary |
This program includes an exclusive author's note read by the author. In Poland, as World War II rages, a mother hides with her young daughter, a musical prodigy whose slightest sound may cost them their lives. As Nazi soldiers round up the Jews in their town, Ro⁺ѓza and her 5-year-old daughter, Shira, flee, seeking shelter in a neighbor's barn. Hidden in the hayloft day and night, Shira struggles to stay still and quiet, as music pulses through her and the farmyard outside beckons. To soothe her daughter and pass the time, Ro⁺ѓza tells her a story about a girl in an enchanted garden: The girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. Music helps the flowers bloom. In this make-believe world, Ro⁺ѓza can shield Shira from the horrors that surround them. But the day comes when their haven is no longer safe, and Ro⁺ѓza must make an impossible choice: whether to keep Shira by her side or give her the chance to survive apart. Inspired by the true stories of Jewish children hidden during World War II, Jennifer Rosner's debut is a breathtaking novel about the unbreakable bond between a mother and a daughter. Beautiful and riveting, The Yellow Bird Sings is a testament to the triumph of hopéђؤa whispered story, a bird's sonǵђؤin even the darkest of times. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books Praise for The Yellow Bird Sings: " Room meets Schindler's List in The Yellow Bird Sings , a beautifully written tale of mothers and daughters, war and love, the music of the living and the silence of the dead. Jennifer Rosner is a writer to watch." ́ђؤ Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network " The Yellow Bird Sings is a beautiful book in so many ways. Like Shira's imaginary bird, Jennifer Rosner's prose is lilting and musical, yet her tale of war's grave personal reality is gripping, heartrending, and so very real."́ђؤ Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours and Before and After |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 187394 KB). |
| Subject |
Fiction.
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Historical Fiction.
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Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Koval, Anna.
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| ISBN |
9781250260963 (sound recording) |
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