Birds on a Wire

Name: Birds on a Wire
Brand: Oasis Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Katie Powner
ISBN: 9798895641774

Author: Katie Powner

Narrator: Julia Holland

Unabridged: 10 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 04/21/2026

Categories: Fiction, Women

Synopsis

Sometimes the people in our lives who come and go make all the difference

Eighteen-year-old Bri Marshall is determined to do whatever it takes to get her newborn son back after he's taken by CPS. But the chances of reunification with Providence are slim. Her drug-addicted boyfriend is the only reason she has a roof over her head. With no job, no car, and no family support, she's at rock bottom, hanging on to hope by a thread.Laura Gambler, on the brink of turning forty, is managing new challenges with her own children when she's asked to take in Providence. She never could have 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, they face an impossible question: Who is the best mother for Providence?

About The Author

Katie Powner is a multi-award-winning author of contemporary fiction, including The Sowing Season, A Flicker of Light, Where the Blue Sky Begins, The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass, and When the Road Comes Around. She and her husband have adopted internationally and have been fostering children in Montana for almost eight years. She blogs about family, adoption, and fostering at katiepowner.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deena on April 09, 2026

Oh, this book. This exquisite, painful, delicious book. Katie Powter, you have shattered my heart and mended it, making it more pliable and tender and compassionate. Thank you. Full RTC.......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on March 28, 2026

Oh my what a beautiful story of the trials and the love of helping foster children in a time of need. I highly recommend Birds on a Wire! I learned so much from this compelling story from a very talented author who is a foster mom herself. I had no idea, and now have profound gratitude to those who......more

Goodreads review by Janet on April 03, 2026

This book will challenge you to think about foster care in an entirely new way. Told from the perspectives of both the biological mother and foster mother of baby Providence, you get a glimpse into the hope and heartache on both sides of the system. This story tugged at my heartstrings the entire ti......more

Goodreads review by Julia on April 04, 2026

Birds on a Wire, by Katie Powner Birds on a Wire is a deeply human story, filled with characters who are flawed, burdened, and at times painfully limited—but profoundly worth rooting for. What makes this novel stand out is not polished heroism, but persistence. These characters try. They choose the h......more

Goodreads review by Heather on April 13, 2026

"Birds on a Wire" by Katie Powner is such as powerful story of foster care from both sides of the fence. It truly shows the heartbreak of birth parents and foster parents as they navigate difficult circumstances and make decisions that can affect a child's life forever. This book had my heart breaki......more