{"product_id":"nature-of-small-birds-9780800740061","title":"Nature of Small Birds","description":"In 1975, three thousand children were airlifted out of Saigon to be adopted into Western homes. When Mindy, one of those children, announces her plans to return to Vietnam to find her birth mother, her loving adopted family is suddenly thrown back to the events surrounding her unconventional arrival in their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough her father supports Mindy's desire to meet her family of origin, he struggles privately with an unsettling fear that he'll lose the daughter he's poured his heart into. Mindy's mother undergoes the emotional rollercoaster inherent in the adoption of a child from a war-torn country, discovering the joy hidden amid the difficulties. And Mindy's sister helps her sort through relics that whisper of the effect the trauma of war has had on their family--but also speak of the beauty of overcoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through three strong voices in three compelling timelines, \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Small Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is a hopeful story that explores the meaning of family far beyond genetic code.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinkbeiner, Susie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSusie Finkbeiner\u003c\/b\u003e is the CBA bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll Manner of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, which was selected as a 2020 Michigan Notable Book, and \u003ci\u003eStories That Bind Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eA Cup of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Trail of Crumbs\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Song of Home\u003c\/i\u003e. She serves on the Fiction Readers Summit planning committee, volunteers her time at Ada Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and speaks at retreats and women's events across the country. Susie and her husband have three children and live in West Michigan.","brand":"Fleming H. Revell Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50379329863954,"sku":"9780800740061","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d81ce1a-a48a-47d9-807a-43bc6e19f654.jpg?v=1728660232","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nature-of-small-birds-9780800740061","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}