There’s a lot of plot depth to the book, which deserves a bit of analysis.
All the while, her desperation to make contact with her mother once more drives her between the fantastical and the real, making this a journey unlike any other.
The plot then takes us to Leigh’s discovery of family she never knew, and her journey of “moving on” from an event she struggles to talk about or understand. She knows immediately the bird is her mother, the whys and hows brushed aside in the face a daughter’s longing for her mom. Then, the night before the funeral, Leigh is roused from her nightmares by a huge crimson bird calling her name. She feels trapped in her childhood home with her distant father and the bloodstain marking her mother’s demise haunting her thoughts. On the same day she kisses the boy she’s pined over for years, her mother, Dory, commits suicide. The story follows Leigh Sanders, a half-Taiwanese, half-American girl, as she struggles to cope with loss. If you’re looking to get out of a reading slump, and fall in love with good writing again, this is a great starting point. Page-turning, emotionally engaging, and gripping, you’ll find yourself wondering where the time went as you finish. Don’t let the number of chapters or pages in this book fool you.
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