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As soon as I finished the book I searched to find out more of early Key West, Flagler's Folly and the Great Hurricane of 1935 and the WWI veterans camp. The author used these places and events very effectively. Readers will find strong women characters. The men characters seemed more flawed. This book lends itself to lots of discussion themes- class, love, fear, survival, courage, strong characters and even the Key West setting.

The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner a beautiful book. The author handles a tough time in history with such dignity. The reader is transported to wartime Poland where a Jewish mother and child must hide from the Nazis. The mother is faced with how to keep her child and herself alive. I especially liked the power and comfort that music brought to the child. This book would be a good book club choice. There are so many topics to discuss, survival, relationships, characters, the role of the nuns in wartime, the resistance, treatment of the Jews to name a few.

This book took me a while to keep the characters straight and how they relate to each other. I especially liked the characters of Mother Abigail, Winter and the young slaver Dix. Book clubs could have some interesting and lively discussions of the many characters the "gifts" and of Remembrance itself. The some of the scenes are very vivid.