
Flight of the Sparrow
A Novel of Early America
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Heather Henderson
She suspects that she has changed too much to ever fit easily into English society again. The wilderness has now become her home. She can interpret the cries of birds. She has seen vistas that have stolen away her breath. She has learned to live in a new, free way…
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1676. Even before Mary Rowlandson was captured by Indians on a winter day of violence and terror, she sometimes found herself in conflict with her rigid Puritan community. Now, her home destroyed, her children lost to her, she has been sold into the service of a powerful woman tribal leader and made a pawn in the ongoing bloody struggle between English settlers and native people. Battling cold, hunger, and exhaustion, Mary witnesses harrowing brutality but also unexpected kindness. To her confused surprise, she is drawn to her captors' open and straightforward way of life - a feeling further complicated by her attraction to a generous, protective English-speaking native known as James Printer. All her life, Mary has been taught to fear God, submit to her husband, and abhor Indians. Now, having lived on the other side of the forest, she begins to question the edicts that have guided her, torn between the life she knew and the wisdom the natives have shown her.
Based on the compelling true narrative of Mary Rowlandson, Flight of the Sparrow is an evocative tale that transports the listener to a little-known time in early America and explores the real meanings of freedom, faith, and acceptance.
©2014 Amy Belding Brown (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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It started slow but I ended up really enjoying it
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I have read true cases where children and women were kidnapped by the indians and wanted to go back. I still do not understand why someone that could be so brutal and harsh to a community and someone wanting to stay with the Indians afterwards
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I have always been fascinated with stories revolving around Native Americans. Having lived on a reservation as a child, I was blessed to have people of that tribe take me in as one of their own. Most stories are about Native Americans set in the 19th century. This is the first book I have read about early English settlers and their preconceptions of Native Americans that have unfortunately been passed down through the centuries.
This book was so good, that I was sorry to see it come to an end. It had it all; great story, believable characters, abs very we read. I strongly encourage you to read it.
Thank you Audible for this wonderful story
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