Author: sarahbird

This “epic page-turner” (Christina Baker Kline) follows the life of Cathy Williams, a formerly enslaved woman who disguises herself as a man to enlist in the army. “Richly imagined… A beautiful reminder of a forgotten part of women’s history” (Kristin Hannah).

In her most ambitious, moving, and provocative novel to date, Sarah Bird makes a stunning departure. Above the East China Sea tells the entwined stories of two teenaged girls, an American and an Okinawan, whose lives are connected across seventy years by the shared experience of profound loss, the enduring strength of an ancient culture, and the redeeming power of family love. Luz James, a … Luz James, a contemporary U.S. Air Force brat, lives with her strictly-by-the-rules sergeant mother at Kadena Air Base in Okianawa. Luz’s older sister, her best friend and emotional center, has just been killed in…