The Pipe Tree (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780894091575)

ﾉclair is a vibrant and free-spirited sparrow, who spends most of his days singing and begging for scraps of his favorite pastries from patrons at a local bakery. Then, one day, everything changes: lured in by a blueberry muffin, he is captured and brought to live in a cage in a Human Nest. As the days turn into weeks, ﾉclair and his captor, the Handkerchief Woman, forge an unlikely bond-and he slowly, reluctantly adapts to life away from the open skies. But, just as ﾉclair has begun to accept, and even embrace his new life, everything changes yet again. ﾉclair finds himself faced with a choice: to cling to the comfort of captivity or dare to dream of freedom once more. Will ﾉclair find the courage to spread his wings and soar beyond the confines of his cage?

This tender and thought-provoking novel serves as a powerful reminder that even in the face of despair, there is hope, redemption, and the promise of liberation.