![]() ![]() There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. ![]() Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. ![]() So I wanted to make sure that was said before I actually discussed any of this. The book is dark and can be hard to get through just because of how powerfully it portrays the emotion of picking up the pieces after losing someone close to you due to suicide. Yes, it’s gorgeous and handles the topic in a very raw and real way, but know your limitations and what’s good for your own mental health. If suicide is a major trigger for you, please do yourself a favor and don’t read this book. I want to make sure this is said before anything else, front and center, because this happens in the first chapter and the entire book focuses around this. ![]() Trigger warning for suicide and character death. Once I started, I just could not put the darn thing down. I was totally not prepared for how much I was going to enjoy this book. I’ll admit, meh is probably not a good attitude to have going into a book, but I’m only human. I picked this up because I’d heard good things from so many people, but I thought meh … and guys, I WAS SO WRONG. ![]()
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