Bird Gardner is the son of an Asian woman, Margaret Miu, and a white father, Ethan. The first part of the novel is an explanation of how Bird’s mother, Margaret, separated from their family. Margaret made an intentional decision to leave Ethan and Bird, rather than face forced separation. The concept of forced separation is at the heart of this story – much like The Handmaid’s Tale, this is a dystopian near-future United States in which actual horrors of our past are enacted upon citizens in […]

My wife and I watched the show at the beginning of the pandemic, back around April and I really liked it. I was not sure if I would like the show but I usually start watching my wife’s shows halfway through and I start asking questions and she gets annoyed so I sat down with her from the beginning and it was great. The casting was excellent. I added the book to my to-read list before we finished the show and it took nearly six […]