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Leaning on Air by Cheryl Grey Bostrom

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  As Leaning on Air by Cheryl Grey Bostrom begins, Celia Burke run into Burnaby Hayes. Both share a love for the birds in the area but Celia is an ornithologist and Burnaby is a veterinary surgeon. This meeting ignites a relationship and marriage that has lasted several years. then Celia makes a mistake and it ends in tragedy. Can Burnaby understand her pain? She doesn't think so and she runs. Leaning on Air is a beautiful story. I love time in nature and birds so I really like that aspect of the story. However, it does contain a story of loss in the form of miscarriage. Having experienced my own miscarriage several years ago, I could relate to that aspect of the story. There is also an autistic character, which I like. My son is autistic and I find it good to see someone autistic represented in a story. I wanted to have time to read Sugar Birds first but have a lot going on in my life right now. I hope to go back and read that book and then read this one again so I can better en...