Birds on a Wire

By Katie Powner

Description:

Eighteen-year-old Bri Marshall never thought she’d find herself addicted to drugs and missing her newborn son, Providence, after he’s taken by CPS. Never thought she’d sink this low. But she’s determined to do whatever it takes to get her baby back, with or without the help of Providence’s father.

Thirty-nine-year-old Laura Gambler is facing the big 4-0 and struggling to parent her own three children when she’s asked to take in a baby named Providence. She could’ve never imagined the chain of events her agreement to foster the baby 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?

Why the author wrote this book:

As a foster parent myself, I wanted to write a book that dealt with foster care in a realistic and honest way.