Anna Whiston-Donaldson’s “Rare Bird” is an open palm of faith, fortitude, and hope
Today Anna Whiston-Donaldson’s memoir Rare Bird appears in bookstores everywhere. Three years ago yesterday, her son Jack went out to play in the rain and never came home. I wrote, then: “One of ours has lost one of theirs. He was right here—just the other day—and now no more. Children die every day. We know this, and we keep walking our own paths, trying to keep sight of our own children and loved ones, busy with the foraging of our own day. Mothers, fathers, daughters and sons walk all around us, and every day… Read More »Anna Whiston-Donaldson’s “Rare Bird” is an open palm of faith, fortitude, and hope