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Midnight at the Blackbird Café
by Heather Webber
I enjoyed this novel about grief, inspired by the Beatles’ song, ‘Blackbird’.
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night,
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
All your life, you were only waiting
For this moment to arise.”
I’d read this book as an arc (Advance Reading Copy) a few years ago, but I certainly didn’t get out of it what I did the second time around. Interestingly enough, I realized when the author spoke to our book club that I’d missed SO MUCH MORE.
I need to read it again.
This book is in it’s 17th printing. SEVENTEENTH. I believe it’s so popular because everyone can identify with at least one of the lenses the author uses to examine grief. Heather Webber writes about tough topics but she wraps them in a hug.
You’ll read about a town that’s broken. It has lost the artist colony that made it so vibrant and the community realizes that the town needs to be revitalized. Almost every character in the story is broken, too. BUT….the blackbirds bring people back and money back to the town. A little taste of magic goes a long way!
I appreciated this book so much more after hearing the author’s journey with grief and the rocky journey to publication she travelled with this amazing book.
This time around, I learned a lesson from Natalie. I’d written her off before. Now I realize it’s because I didn’t understand her. Natalie chooses to focus on love, not grief. I need to give everyone space to grieve in the way that works for them and not judge them. Since reading this the first time, we’ve lost 2 precious souls in our family circle and I’m much more in tune with how grief affects family members.
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night,
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
All your life, you were only waiting
For this moment to arise.”
I’d read this book as an arc (Advance Reading Copy) a few years ago, but I certainly didn’t get out of it what I did the second time around. Interestingly enough, I realized when the author spoke to our book club that I’d missed SO MUCH MORE.
I need to read it again.
This book is in it’s 17th printing. SEVENTEENTH. I believe it’s so popular because everyone can identify with at least one of the lenses the author uses to examine grief. Heather Webber writes about tough topics but she wraps them in a hug.
You’ll read about a town that’s broken. It has lost the artist colony that made it so vibrant and the community realizes that the town needs to be revitalized. Almost every character in the story is broken, too. BUT….the blackbirds bring people back and money back to the town. A little taste of magic goes a long way!
I appreciated this book so much more after hearing the author’s journey with grief and the rocky journey to publication she travelled with this amazing book.
This time around, I learned a lesson from Natalie. I’d written her off before. Now I realize it’s because I didn’t understand her. Natalie chooses to focus on love, not grief. I need to give everyone space to grieve in the way that works for them and not judge them. Since reading this the first time, we’ve lost 2 precious souls in our family circle and I’m much more in tune with how grief affects family members.