The Yellow Bird Sings

Prepare to have your heart broken by this moving tale of a mother who has to make an unbearable decision in order to save her child * Good Housekeeping *
Desperately moving and exquisitely written. If you only read one book this year, make it The Yellow Bird Sings. A beautiful story with achingly memorable characters, for me Jennifer Rosner’s novel stands alongside The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Code Name Verity as one of those profoundly special World War Two novels you know you will never forget -- AJ Pearce, author of Dear Mrs Bird
The Yellow Bird Sings is at the top of my reading list * Elle *
The Yellow Bird Sings is a story of the ties that bind between mother and daughter - a captivating, quietly powerful telling of music, loss, longing and hope * Living Magazines *
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 -- Kate Quinn, author of The Huntress and The Alice Network
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, author of Before We Were Yours and Before and After
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 -- Mary Beth Keane * New York Times *
A captivating and emotional tale about the love between a mother and daughter * ReadPlus *
Rosner's debut is outstanding. A compelling must-read, it will appeal particularly to fans of historical fiction, such as Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief * Glam Adelaide *
The Yellow Bird Sings takes a vital fragment of 20th-century history that is so heavily bound in horror and grief and succeeds in endowing it with poignancy and beauty . . . a captivating read * Good Reading *