Books by Sarah Bird
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review 1: Framed around Obon, the Buddhist festival of the dead, the novel is about two girls who live in the same place, the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan, but are separated in time by 70-years. Both girls lose a sister and they want to ensure that the lost sisters are united with their anc...
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review 1: I really liked exploring the mother/daughter dynamic in this book. The book takes place during the daughter's senior year in high school and she makes some pretty drastic choices to assert her independence. You are able to empathize easily with the mom - a single mom who has sacr...
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review 1: I've one word to describe this novel, and it's an date slang term I've never used in my life. Sarah Bird's How Perfect Is That is a HOOT. It's a fast-paced comic novel sent in Austin at the end of the Baby Bush administration and stars a desperate, status-crazed, high ex-housew...
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review 1: HOW PERFECT IS THAT is a witty, almost chick-lit, engaging read. As an event coordinator myself, I was able to connect in that aspect with Blythe. Full of unique characters, their personalities and traits so real you feel for them, Bird had outdone herself with this one. The book...