• Birds on a Wire

    Birds on a Wire
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    Price: $17.99

    ISBN: 9780825453311

    Edition: April 21, 2026

    Pages: 328

    Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 (inch.)

    Publication date: April 21, 2026

    Format: Paperback

    Imprint: Kregel Publications

    Category: Fiction

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    Birds on a Wire

    A Novel

    A deeply moving contemporary story about family and foster care from a two-time Christy Award-winning author

    When her newborn son, Providence, is taken by CPS, eighteen-year-old Bri Marshall is determined to do whatever's necessary to get him back—with or without Providence's father. But hurdles like no job, car, or family support complicate the process. Bri never expected to sink this low. What will it take to hold her baby in her arms again?


    Thirty-nine-year-old Laura Gambler, facing the big 4-0, is managing new challenges with her own children when she's asked to take in baby Providence. She could never have imagined the chain of events that agreeing to foster would set in motion—or the carefully buried pain from her past it would drag back to the surface.


    Both women wrestle with doubts about the future and their ability to parent Providence, even as their love for him grows stronger every day. As their lives become irrevocably intertwined, the two very different women face the same impossible question: Who is the best mother for Providence?

    Author:
    Katie Powner is a multi-award-winning author of contemporary fiction, including The Sowing Season, A Flicker of Light, The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass, Where the Blue Sky Begins, and When the Road Comes Around. She and her husband have adopted internationally and have been fostering children in Montana for almost eight years. She blogs about family, adoption, and fostering at katiepowner.com.