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OLDTOWN Fly, Sparrow, Fly
Hardcover
Series: Oldtown, Book 1
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $30.00
Publisher: A. K. Frailey
Published: Jul 1 2025
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Rhona Dewar takes her niece, Syn, into her home after a tragic accident. Together, they discover the healing powers of nature, dedicated kindness, and disarming honesty. Cultural identity, mystery, and humor bring this family drama to life.
On her sixteenth birthday, Syn's brother, Andy, gave her a secret gift: an ancestry DNA test. As he suspected, the results proved that she was not their father's daughter and carried not an ounce of Asian blood. Though she had her mother's Scottish heritage, her father was a mysterious Venezuelan. Was she the child of an unrevealed love affair? Since Syn consistently outperformed him scholastically, Andy uses the discovery to punish Syn, slyly teasing her about her unusual intelligence. In a desperate desire to protect her parents' marriage, Syn hides her feelings and the test results.
After Rhona and her husband take Syn into their home, suspecting deeper wounds than the ones caused by the accident, they learn the truth about Syn's parentage. Rhona confronts her sister, Nia, and the forthcoming revelations astound her. Supported by her husband, the revealed talents of townspeople haunted by their own shadowed pasts, and a sense of earthy humor, Rhona navigates turbulent family and community issues. The poem, Fly, Sparrow, Fly, guides Rhona as she helps her niece fly free from the painful misconceptions that have held her bound.
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