Summer 2022

On the way to Seattle I listened to Sarah Bird's 'Daughter of A Daughter of A Queen'. It was an amazing tale based on a little known story about an African-American ex-slave WOMAN who joins the Buffalo 🦬 soldiers disguised as a man. Little is actually known about her but that didn't stop the author from weaving a very detailed and intricate portrayal of what it might have been like in the post Civil War era. It truly was captivating and kept me awake and absorbed for the entire drive.

Now I am listening to her 'Above The East China Sea'. Another novel rooted in history. It tells 2 different stories on the island of Okinawa, one follows a Okinawan young woman during WW II, and the other follows an American teen with Okinawan ancestry whose mother is stationed on Okinawa in a current time line. Again a very compelling portrait of multiple cultures and times.

Sarah Bird may be my new favorite author. I've read several of her other books but now I am truly hookedLeia mais