{"product_id":"blackbird-whistling-9798989510337","title":"Blackbird Whistling","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen California divorce attorney Marta Bufford says to friend and seminar leader Gilbert that she needs \"to go backward in order to go forward,\" she's talking about both her personal history and uncertain future, a dichotomy that comes into clear focus during a weeklong meditation retreat in chilly Duluth, Minnesota. Marta simultaneously denies her drinking problem while wrestling with her own impending divorce. She bonds with her plain-speaking granddaughter Jennifer in a fast-paced novel about life's reckonings which takes them on a road trip to Marta's childhood hometown of Myra, North Dakota. Here, she faces the remembered guidance of her maternal grandmother and the haunting of family secrets. Piggybacking on her earlier novel, Forever Blackbirds, Dian Greenwood's newest novel, Blackbird Whistling takes her readers on an historic ride with generations of strong women who try to find their rightful place in an often confusing and uncharitable world as seen through the lens of today's challenges and yesterday's hardships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreenwood, Dian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDian Greenwood\u003c\/b\u003e studied writing (emphasis on poetry) at San Francisco State University. She later studied novel writing with Janet Fitch (\u003ci\u003eWhite Oleander\u003c\/i\u003e) and Tom Spanbauer (\u003ci\u003eIn the City of Shy Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e). Dian published her award-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eAbout the Carleton Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e (2023, She Writes Press) and, a year later, \u003ci\u003eForever Blackbirds\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). The Blackbird sequel, \u003ci\u003eBlackbird Whistling, \u003c\/i\u003e will debut September 2, 2025, both books from Traveler's Moon Press. Dian previously published essays in the online magazine, The Big Smoke, America. Her Substack essays can be found at It's Never Too Late, https: \/\/diangreenwood.com. Dian lives in Portland, Oregon, where she writes and works as a family therapist.","brand":"Travelers Moon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615592579346,"sku":"9798989510337","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f58e942-cb76-4159-8fb4-b1521f713f5d.jpg?v=1758104507","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blackbird-whistling-9798989510337","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}