The Hummingbird, (Paperback)

from knittingmomof3

The Hummingbird, by Stephen Kiernan is an emotionally moving novel about one woman's search for wisdom and understanding. Barclay Reed was a history professor in the height of his career, but now retired and in hospice with cancer and under the care of Deborah Birch, his life experiences and wisd...

from markatpie

The academic life work of of a dying professor intertwines with the professor's hospice nurse's husband's war-time traumas. The author writes about a WW2 Japanese warrior and a contemporary Iraq war veteran, and how to heal, or how to start the healing of battle wounds long after the war is over....

from susan0316

Deborah is a hospice nurse who is currently taking care of a grouchy professor who is dying alone. She has been a hospice nurse for many years and she loves her job and the people that she takes care of and sees it as a part of life that she is honored to help her patients go through. On the home...

from alandee

The Hummingbird is a poignant tale of war, redemption and the end stages of life. A hospice nurse, a troubled war veteran and a dying disgraced professor are compassionately portrayed, and their lives are beautifully connected. This is an unforgettable story that resonates with the struggles man ...

from es135

A couple of years ago, author and journalist Stephen P. Kiernan made his fiction debut with his novel The Curiosity. That book, about a man reanimated from death, showcased Kiernan's aptitude for a creative character driven story that defied the confines of traditional genres and left an indelibl...