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Birds on a Wire

by Katie Powner

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Two women, one child, and a difficult question

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Library Journal starred review

    Starred review

AlbakiReads Editorial

Two women, one child, and a difficult question

The story brings together Bri, an eighteen-year-old seeking to reunite with her newborn son after he enters foster care, and Laura, who agrees to care for him while navigating challenges in her own family. As both women confront uncertainty about parenting and their futures, their growing attachment to Providence sharpens the question of what is best for him. The book centers on foster care, the possibility of family reunification, and the competing hopes and responsibilities that arise when a child’s care connects two households. Its contemporary Christian-fiction framing accompanies a family drama grounded in these questions.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary Christian fiction about family and parenting.
  • Readers drawn to stories involving foster care and family reunification.
  • Readers interested in ethical questions around caregiving and a child’s best interests.

Themes

Foster care and reunificationParenting and responsibilityFamily bondsHope amid hardship

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Book overview

Powner (When the Road Comes Around) draws on her own experience as a foster mom to give this gift of a book to readers. --Library Journal, starred review

Sometimes the people in our lives who come and go make all the difference

Eighteen-year-old Bri Marshall is determined to do whatever it takes to get her newborn son back after he's taken by CPS. But the chances of reunification with Providence are slim. Her drug-addicted boyfriend is the only reason she has a roof over her head. With no job, no car, and no family support, she's at rock bottom, hanging on to hope by a thread.

Laura Gambler, on the brink of turning forty, is managing new challenges with her own children when she's asked to take in Providence. She never could have imagined the chain of events her agreement to foster the baby would set in motion--or the carefully buried pain from her past it would drag back to the surface.

Both women wrestle with doubts about the future and their ability to parent Providence, even as their love for him grows stronger every day. As their lives become irrevocably intertwined, they face an impossible question: Who is the best mother for Providence?

"An endearing and touching read that will stay with you long after the last word."
--Rachel Hauck, New York Times best-selling author

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