{"product_id":"book-dh1f","title":"The Yellow Bird Sings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program includes an exclusive author's note read by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Poland, as World War II rages, a mother hides with her young daughter, a musical prodigy whose slightest sound may cost them their lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Nazi soldiers round up the Jews in their town, Róza 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, Róza tells her a story about a girl in an enchanted garden:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this make-believe world, Róza can shield Shira from the horrors that surround them. But the day comes when their haven is no longer safe, and Róza must make an impossible choice: whether to keep Shira by her side or give her the chance to survive apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired 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,\u003ci\u003e The Yellow Bird Sings\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the triumph of hope—a whispered story, a bird’s song—in even the darkest of times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Bird Sings:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rosner’s exquisite, heart-rending debut novel is proof that there’s always going to be room for another story about World War II....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.\" — \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eSchindler’s List\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Bird Sings\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.” — Kate Quinn, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Huntress \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Alice Network\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Bird Sings\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"— Lisa Wingate, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBefore We Were Yours\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBefore and After\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49373022978352,"sku":"BDdh1f","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49373023011120,"sku":"40dh1f","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/163348-dh1f-Square.jpg?v=1734735268","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dh1f","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}