“ The Hummingbird 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.” “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.” “This many-faceted, thought-provoking story prompts soul-searching about life, war, and death.” Told with piercing empathy and heartbreaking realism, The Hummingbird is a masterful story of loving commitment, service to country, and absolution through wisdom and forgiveness. 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. Alone in the world, the embittered professor is dying. She is determined to help him heal, and to restore the tender, loving marriage they once had.Īt 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. 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. He lives in Vermont with his two amazing sons.From the author of the acclaimed The Curiosity comes a compelling and moving story of compassion, courage, and redemption.ĭeborah Birch is a seasoned hospice nurse whose daily work requires courage and compassion. Stephen travels the country speaking and consulting on how to expand use of hospice, palliative care and advance directives.Ī performer on the guitar since he was ten years old, Stephen has recorded 3 CDs of solo instrumentals, and composed music for dance, the stage and documentary films. A graduate of Middlebury College, he received a Master of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has chaired the board of the Young Writers Project, served on the Vermont Legislative Committee on Pain and Palliative Care, and served on the advisory board of the New Hampshire Palliative Care Initiative. Stephen was born in Newtonville, NY the sixth of seven children. His newspaper work has garnered more than forty awards - including the George Polk Award and the Scripps Howard Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment.Īuthor of the novels THE HUMMINGBIRD and THE CURIOSITY, and the forthcoming novel THE BAKER'S SECRET (May, 2017), he has also written two nonfiction books, LAST RIGHTS and AUTHENTIC PATRIOTISM. Kiernan has published nearly four million words.
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