A White Bird Flying

At the start of A White Bird Flying Abbie Deal the matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family has died leaving her china and heavy furniture to others and the secret of her wish of finer things to her granddaughter Laura. Grandma Deal's creative ambitions were stifled by her difficult circumstances but Laura pledges that nothing and no one will stop her from pursuing a successful writing career. Childhood slips her by and the more she vows to save it the more life gets in the way.