The nature of small birds, paperback/susie finkbeiner

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.

Though her father supports Mindys desire to meet her family of origin, he struggles privately with an unsettling fear that hell lose the daughter hes poured his heart into.

Mindys 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 Mindys 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.

Told through three strong voices in three compelling timelines, The Nature of Small Birds is a hopeful story that explores the meaning of family far beyond genetic code.