Summer book review -- Birds In Fall by Brad Kessler

An interesting summer read -- Birds in Fall by Brad Kessler. A tragic story plot but interesting character study. The story is about continuing life through tragedy and misfortune. Migrating bird patterns provides a background to the book's theme. Migrating is a part of life that is a given for birds. It is not necessarily a choice or a direct result of anything the birds have done. They do not cause it or responsible for it or to blame because of it. Migrating is what nature has in store for them. Living and loving and being part of life is an individual activity. At any given moment something we did not cause or even anticipate changes it all. Then what happens? Great character book. Would be a good book club selection with considerable moments within the book to explore. Definitely worth the time. The Review from Amazon -- "One fall night off the coast of a remote island in Nova Scotia, an airplane plummets to the sea as an innkeeper watches from the shore. Miles away in New York City, ornithologist Ana Gathreaux works in a darkened room full of sparrows, testing their migratory instincts. Soon, Ana will be bound for Trachis Island, along with other relatives of victims who converge on the site of the tragedy. As the search for survivors envelops the island, the mourning families gather at the inn, waiting for news of those they have lost. Here among strangers, and watched over by innkeeper Kevin Gearns, they form an unusual community, struggling for comfort and consolation. A Taiwanese couple sets out fruit for their daughter's ghost. A Bulgarian man plays piano in the dark, sending the music to his lost wife, a cellist. Two Dutch teenagers, a brother and sister, rage against their parents' death. An Iranian exile, mourning his niece, recites the Persian tales that carry the wisdom of centuries." What are you reading this summer? Share with others. Email me your thoughts and selections.