Sing, Wild Bird, Sing: A Novel

A courageous woman journeys from nineteenth-century Ireland to the American West in a powerful novel about the indomitable will to surviveand to flourishagainst nearly impossible odds.

Its 1849 on the west coast of Ireland. Resilient Honora ODonoghue is accustomed to fending for herself and to reading the language of the natural world. It was always said shed been marked for something different, but its not until she suffers devastating losses in a country gripped by the Famine that Honora begins to understand how that difference will save her. With the hope of a better life in America calling, Honora keeps moving toward her freedom.

Across the Atlantic, shes unfamiliar with the customs, jobs are scarce, and she has no money. She finds only one new friend, and Honoras desperation is a state to be taken advantage of. Even the prospect of marriage is not without its conditionsand far from the dream she imagines. With so much disappointment and heartbreak in her past, Honora must decide what kind of life she wants, and what shes prepared to do to get it.