Rare Bird

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER A masterpiece of hope love and the resilience and ferocity of the human spirit.Glennon Doyle Melton from the forewordProfound tender honestand utterly unforgettable.Gretchen RubinI wish I had nothing to say on the matter of loss but I do. Because one day I encouraged my two kids to go out and play in the rain and only one came home. . . .On an ordinary September day twelve-year-old Jack is swept away in a freak neighborhood flood. His parents and younger sister are left to wrestle with awful questions:How could God let this happen? Can we ever be happy again?InRare BirdAnna Whiston-Donaldson unfolds a mothers story of loss that leads in time to enduring hope. This is a book about facing impossible circumstances and desperately wishing you could turn back the clock. It is about discovering that youre braver than you think. It is about the flicker of hope and the realization that in times of heartbreak God is closer than your own skin.With this unforgettable account of a familys love and longing Anna will draw you deeper into a divine goodness that keeps usbeyond all earthly circumstancessafe.