{"product_id":"the-hummingbird-a-novel-isbn-9780062369550","title":"The Hummingbird: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThe Curiosity\u003c\/em\u003e comes a compelling and moving story of compassion, courage, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah Birch is a seasoned hospice nurse whose daily work requires courage and compassion. But her skills and experience are tested in new and dramatic ways when her easygoing husband, Michael, returns from his third deployment to Iraq haunted by nightmares, anxiety, and rage. She is determined to help him heal, and to restore the tender, loving marriage they once had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, Deborah’s primary patient is Barclay Reed, a retired history professor and expert in the Pacific Theater of World War II whose career ended in academic scandal. Alone in the world, the embittered professor is dying. As Barclay begrudgingly comes to trust Deborah, he tells her stories from that long-ago war, which help her find a way to help her husband battle his demons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with piercing empathy and heartbreaking realism, \u003cem\u003eThe Hummingbird\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful story of loving commitment, service to country, and absolution through wisdom and forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eDeborah Birch is a seasoned hospice nurse who never gives up—not with her patients, not in her life. But her skills and experience are fully tested by the condition her husband, Michael, is in when he returns from his third deployment to Iraq. Tormented by nightmares, anxiety, and rage, Michael has become cold and withdrawn. Still grateful that he is home at last, Deborah is determined to heal him and restore their loving, passionate marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Michael is not her only challenge. Deborah’s primary patient is Barclay Reed, a retired history professor and fierce curmudgeon. An expert on the Pacific Theater of World War II, Barclay is suffering from terminal kidney cancer and haunted by ghosts from his past, including the academic scandal that ended his career.\u003c\/p\u003eBarclay’s last wish is for Deborah to read to him from his final and unfinished book—a little-known story from World War II that may hold the key to helping Michael conquer his demons. Together, nurse, patient, and soldier embark on an unforgettable emotional journey that transforms them all, offering astonishing insights into life and death, suffering, and finding peace. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e““[A]mbitious . . . an emotionally satisfying and brisk narrative . . . [T]his is a gripping novel with a clever conceit.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly on THE CURIOSITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Curiosity\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e  “[THE CURIOSITY] poses provocative questions about life and humanity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly on THE CURIOSITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] smart, heady, and irresistable science thriller....Kiernan gets every element right in teh breakneck, entertaining and thought-provoking taleabout time, mortality, the ethics of science, and the meaning of life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review) on THE CURIOSITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I absolutely loved THE CURIOSITY. It’s as thought-provoking and powerful as FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON and the writing is breathtakingly beautiful. And that ending? Poignant, luminescent, and absolutely perfect.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Bohjalian, bestselling author of The Light in the Ruins and Midwives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you want your beach read to deliver some goose bumps, snag Stephen P. Kiernan’s The Curiosity. In this romantic thriller, a man who’s been buried in Arctic ice for over a century is reanimated, with shocking results.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the year’s great delights. . . . [A] beautifully made first work of fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Cheuse, NPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Hummingbird\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that shares its unexpected gifts and teaches us that surrender is a part of love, and that giving away our weapons is the first step to peace.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Morris, author of The Jazz Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Remarkably touching, insightful and timely… bridges several powerful stories of life and death that explore the cost of courage and the true meaning of heroism… Illuminating, uplifting and ultimately redemptive.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews, 4.5 stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This many-faceted, thought-provoking story prompts soul-searching about life, war, and death.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thought provoking.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Evocative and insightful . . . a wise and transformative novel that is psychologically astute and written in beautifully paced, expressive, and understated prose that is all the more poignant for its simplicity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stephen P. Kiernan’s novel is a marvelous blend of sci-fi, romance, and the tug-of-war between science and ethics.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade on THE CURIOSITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Summer is dominated with thrilling books, but if you prefer yours more measured, more touching and decidedly more thought-provoking, this one may satisfy your curiosity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune on THE CURIOSITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The concept of time travel that leads to romance is not startlingly new, but this take is engagingly fresh. A scientific research team reanimates the body of a man found frozen in an Arctic iceberg. The former judge, who fell off a ship in 1906, now faces a nightmarish new existence, but manages to find love - and discovers his time is running out.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSacramento Bee on THE CURIOSITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stephen P. Kiernan’s The Curiosity is a true page-turner, mixing cutting edge science with an all-too-human love story, while simultaneously taking on the Big Questions. It’s one of the most assured debuts in years, a book that will stop your heart and start it again.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustin Cronin, bestselling author of The Passage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stephen Kiernan writes with surefooted mastery and patience. ...What thrilled me about \u003ci\u003eThe Hummingbird\u003c\/i\u003e is that I learned again that sometimes an unbridgeable chasm can be crossed by a leap of the imagination.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Heller, author of The Painter and The Dog Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888782176485,"sku":"NP9780062369550","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062369550.jpg?v=1730229819","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-hummingbird-a-novel-isbn-9780062369550","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}