\nBY SUSIE FINKBEINER<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
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Publisher: <\/span>Revell<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n Though her father supports Mindy’s desire to meet her family of origin, he struggles privately with an unsettling fear that he’ll lose the daughter he’s poured his heart into. Mindy’s mother undergoes the emotional rollercoaster inherent in the adoption of a child from a war-torn country, discovering the joy hidden amid the difficulties. And Mindy’s sister helps her sort through relics that whisper of the effect the trauma of war has had on their family–but also speak of the beauty of overcoming. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Told through three strong voices in three compelling timelines,\u202fThe Nature of Small Birds\u202fis a hopeful story that explores the meaning of family far beyond genetic code. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Susie Finkbeiner has such an inviting and distinctive voice as a writer that you’ll gladly follow it–and follow her–to any setting.”– Valerie Fraser Luesse<\/strong>, Christy Award-winning author of Under the Bayou Moon<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n PURCHASE LINKS: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Baker Books<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>Amazon<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>ChristianBooks.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Other Revell Books Affiliates<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Website<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n YouTube<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>Amazon Author Page<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n BookBub<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>Goodreads<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click the blogs for direct links to special features and book reviews.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPub Date: July 6, 2021
\nPages: 368 pages
\nCategories: Fiction \/ Christian \/ General<\/span><\/span><\/span>
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ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong>: In 1975, three thousand children were airlifted out of Saigon to be adopted into Western homes. When Mindy, one of those children, announces her plans to return to Vietnam to find her birth mother, her loving adopted family is suddenly thrown back to the events surrounding her unconventional arrival in their lives. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/author_photo_finkbeiner.jpg\")
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Susie Finkbeiner\u202fis the CBA bestselling author of\u202fAll Manner of Things<\/em>, which was selected as a 2020 Michigan Notable Book, and\u202fStories That Bind Us<\/em>,\u202fas well as\u202fA Cup of Dust,\u202fA Trail of Crumbs, <\/em>and\u202fA Song of Home<\/em>. She serves on the Fiction Readers Summit planning committee, volunteers her time at Ada Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and speaks at retreats and women’s events across the country. Susie and her husband have three children and live in West Michigan. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/LoneStarBookBlogTours_6.png\")
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