The Nature Of Small Birds - A Novel Av Susie Finkbeiner

"Finkbeiner has deftly written this narrative of ordinary people finding their way, set against a backdrop of global upheaval and war; the characters are realistic and vibrant. Readers looking for realist family stories with a subtle thread of faith . . .will want to read Finkbeiner''s latest."--<b><i>Library Journal</i></b><b></b>starred review<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Though 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,