Forest Song: Little Mother
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A video link from youtube.com where Vila reads from Forest Song: Little Mother. Forest Song: Little Mother Video Want to preview Forest Song: Little Mother download a CHAPTER PREVIEW FREEBIE pdf click here. A little slide show Available from Vanilla Heart Publishing as a download. And at amazon.com in paperback 
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In this compelling story of growth and courage, Judy helps in the effort to hide Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. She’s instrumental in rescuing a friend from Dachau and in the process discovers self-confidence and love.
Excerpt from Forest Song: Little Mother, p 67 “We did it!” Tranoc roared. “We actually did it!” He yanked me from the stool, knocking it to the floor, and swung me around in a reel. Laughing, Matka Lasu made up a little ditty and clapped to its syncopated beat. Grabbing both her hands, we whirled her around, picking up the tune of the song. Then, breathlessly laughing, we collapsed to the floor. “We have to get back to work,” my teacher reminded once she had collected her breath. Tranoc scrambled to his feet and reached a hand to help her up, and giggling, she yanked him back down. We literally wallowed in the pleasure of the moment, rolling into each other just to do it. And then she got to her knees and crackled to her feet. “I really mean it. We have to get to work.” The merry blue of her eyes had finally settled back to brown. Tranoc rose. I followed suit. And then he pinched me. I pinched him back, and he slapped me. I tumbled into giggles. “All right! I really mean it! People’s lives are at stake.” My teacher’s scolding wrenched the humor from his eyes. Well and truly chastised, we returned to the table, and settled down to do the task at hand. To see and hear Vila reading this excerpt click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9YkleEmqw |
ReviewsOh Vila! Your writing always gives me goose bumps. I know I will read your books for a lifetime and never tire of them. I am currently reading Forest Song: Little Mother and cannot wait to get the next book of this series. Thank you for these beautiful books! Jon DiBenedetto I wanted to tell you I finished Forest Song: Finding Home and Forest Song: Little Mother. Loved them! You know, I want to find out more about what happens to Judy. Like does she see Klaus again? What happens to all the characters? Does the next book continue the story? If not, you should. I would love to have that story go on and on. Maybe you can just write more for me...LOL....just kidding obviously. But has anybody else asked you that and/or have you thought of that? — Love these books! Scarlett
In Forest Song: Little Mother by Vila Spiderhawk we have a little bit of everything for everyone. It combines history, adventure and fantasy all in one great book. It has so much detail that you feel you are a part of the book when they are doing a ritual or are one of the Crones riding on the wind. You could even smell the pine used to use for the floors of Judy’s magical house. It made you feel proud to be Polish and that you were helping the Jews survive the Holocaust. This books was a wow from beginning to end and everything in between If I could I would score higher then 5 bookmarks 5 Bookmarks Laura Matthews, Reviewer Mind Fog Reviews I finally finished "Forest Song: Little Mother". What a powerful ending. I can see why it was nominated for the Pushcart Prize! I can't wait for your next book! Will you keep Judy as your protagonist? — Moonblossom
Dear Ms. SpiderHawk, I am reading Forest Song: Little Mother just now and I have to tell you how much I love it. I am Jewish, you see, and I just read your Passover scene. It brought tears to my eyes because, though I am Jewish, since I moved from my family’s home in Alabama, I have not really practiced my religion. Your Passover scene gave me the kind of communal sense that I used to have at the Seder. I doubt that I shall go to Temple because of this book. There are many reasons why I have chosen not to pursue my family’s religious path, but I wanted you to know how very lovely this book is and how much it meant to me to experience another Seder. Thank you for writing this book. — Charlene Moeller
WOW! I thought Vila SpiderHawk's Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones was the best book I'd ever read. And then I read her Forest Song: Finding Home and decided IT was the best. But now that I've read Forest Song: Little Mother, I just don't know. I'd have a terrible time choosing which one I love best. I've given SpiderHawk's Hidden Passages and Forest Song: Finding Home as birthday, Mother's Day, and Christmas gifts, and now I'll have an easy time figuring out what to give everyone - Forest Song: Little Mother!(If they haven't already bought it for themselves.) Boy, if you haven't read SpiderHawk's work yet please do! But be careful. Her books are addictive! Now I can't wait for the next of the Forest Song series! What a wonderful writer! — Susan Blakehard
I could write pages about SpiderHawk's writing skill, how every single page, every single line brings you completely into this story. Vilas' writing is absolute perfection! Now, understand, I have a slight reading dysfunction. Most times when I read I must go back and reread to understand. Not with Vilas' writing. Everything, all details going on within the story are delicately laid out in such a fashion that you do not even realize that she is involving you as part of her story. You are right there. Escape with Judy! Leave the mundane, shackled life of the world, and join her in the forest where she becomes one of the many wonderful folks who live there. Share the joys, and the pains, and the triumphs of a wonderful girl as she grows to be a mother of the forest. Share with her as the pains of the real world, the war and all its nastiness enter the lives of the peaceful forest family. Every page of these two wonderful books [Forest Song: Finding Home and Forest Song: Little Mother] is filled with magic, and if you care to search, every page has a lesson to be learned. Does the forest sing its song to you and call you home? Listen very carefully, and read these books....if it calls to you, you will hear it. — Rob Morini
Well Vila, all I can say is you did it again. What a marvelous book. I received Forest Song: Little Mother in the mail and couldn't wait to begin reading it. I picked it up and was held captive in the book from start to finish. As I read Judy's story, I felt like I was living it with her. You captivate me with your writing. Thank you so very much for another wonderful book. I will cherish it always. Thank you again. Brightest Blessings. — Tina
I just read Tina's comment about Forest Song: Little Mother and I agree. I am halfway through and still can't stop reading. — Cat
When I read Vila SpiderHawk's Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones, I knew that I absolutely had to read her Forest Song: Finding Home. And after I read that, I could hardly wait to read Forest Song: Little Mother! And now that I've read Little Mother, I can't wait for the next book. Vila SpiderHawk's writing is so absorbing and so compelling! As her other books have done, Forest Song: Little Mother surprised me at every turn! I could not put it down! I absolutely love Judy, the main character of the Forest Song series. She has become like a friend to me. I don't know what I'm going to do when her story's told. Be prepared once you start reading SpiderHawk's work. You won't be able to put her books down. But you'll also want to read slowly to savor every word. They're also addictive! It is impossible to read one without wanting to read them all! I cannot recommend these books highly enough! — Eileen Doughten
I have read the first two of Vila's books and she is a captivating writer to say the least. Forest Song is one of my favorites! I loved reading about Judy as she traveled her spiritual path. I love SpiderHawk's writing. — Magical Enchantments
First and foremost, thank you for such an amazing journey, one in which I've made a new and valuable friend, though aren't all those who come into our lives of tremendous value! I have laughed, cried, known anger at such horror in our ability in being human to do terrible things to each other, then rejoiced at the strength, love and compassion that we extend in the helping and saving. You reminded me in Forest Song: Little Mother of the love and pain in being a mother, of the letting go and then in the re-finding of an adult child, where I still see glimmers of the youngster peeking through. I know that of all the others this is my favorite, for I've been touched deeply and am standing in a new understanding of my place within the scope of All. Thank you for helping meto continue this journey. — Sincerely, Sand y Josey
I didn't know Vila SpiderHawk could supersede her own excellence in writing, but she's done it! I loved Forest Song: Finding Home. I'm ecstatic over Forest Song: Little Mother! In Little Mother, Judy, who became a woman in Finding Home, gets her own house in the forest and is surrounded by wonderful, magical friends. The ominous clouds of war that rolled through in Finding Home have opened and pour in Little Mother. Judy and her friends work themselves night and day to help refugees from the terrible times of World War II. Reading Forest Song: Little Mother, you will seethe, weep, laugh, and ultimately be so glad you went there. I urge you to pick up this wonderful book and read it from cover to cover today! — Nell Bloom
This is a continuation of the story begun in Forest Song: Finding Home, and you really need to read that book to be up to speed at the start of this book (which is also available as an ebook at www.vanillaheartbooksandauthors.com and as a kindle edition book available on Amazon This story teeters on the edge of reality. The background is Europe immediately preceding and during the rise of Nazi Germany. Much of the action revolves around saving members of the Jewish community from their impending destruction. This is not, however, by any stretch of the imagination, an action-filled novel. Ms. Spiderhawk uses her considerable talents to create a world which allows the reader to absorb the wisdom she imparts in the same way the heroine does – by experiencing it in life, not by being “taught” it. We get to see Judy begin the process of maturing from a dependent young child living with her teacher to creating her own home and finding a lover. She confronts her own shortcomings and learns to stand up for herself. I suspect that we will see at least one more book in the series, as Judy confronts the impending changes in her life – her assumption of the role of forest mother, her teacher’s assumption of “grandmother” of the forest, and the arrival of the Nazis in Poland. I look forward to the continuation of Judy’s story, and eagerly await the next installment. — Michael Gleason
Forest Song: Little Mother is magnificent. It is such a moving story. It took me on an emotional roller coaster. I could not stop reading it! I would say "Just one more chapter" and then when that chapter ended I said the same thing. The night I finished it, it was after 3 a.m. I laughed and cried as I watched Judy grow into a woman. The characters are so well developed that I feel as if I know Judy and her forest family. This is a book that all women should read, since it explores all aspects of being a woman and the magic that is within all of us. I think it is important to make sure that women know about great women writers and I count Vila SpiderHawk at the top of my list. — Dawn Thomas, editor of Oracle ezine
Once again SpiderHawk has come through with a gripping, engaging story interwoven with the wisdom of the ages. Forest Song: Little Mother is powerful! I could not put it down! This is a must read book! — Helen Collins, editor and publisher of Folk Music Ministry magazine
To say that SpiderHawk has a gift for prose is a great understatement. This, the second book in the Forest Song series, is an always engaging and alternately heartwarming and heartwrenching tale. I couldn't put this riveting story down till I was completely finished, and I eagerly await the next installment. — G.L. Giles, author of Days and Nights in Summerville and Mind Your Ps and Qs (Poetry & Quotes)
REVIEWS OF FOREST SONG: LITTLE MOTHER With her usual superb attention to detail, Vila Spiderhawk brings us another stunning novel. One of learning, of joy, of pain, of loss, of rebirth and life altering decisions. Being the proud owner of Vila's two previous novels, Hidden Passages and Finding Home, I see that she has grown and spread her wings with each one. This book reaches the pinnacle of beauty from the other two and I found myself entranced, unable to stop reading. Vila's own life is reflected in this book. Her travels and her cooking are reflected here, for those who are aware of her other passions. I have read this wonderful tale of spiritual growth and it was such a delightful experience! Vila Spiderhawk can bring conversations to life like no other author I've encountered, and her wonderful passages and the discussions that her characters have are easy to read and understand. The reader becomes as one with them, which is as it should be. Each of her characters is beautifully crafted. They come alive for the reader and one can empathize with each of them in a manner in which Spiderhawk has no equal. A truly beautiful book and one which Vila's fans will be clamoring to own. Those of you, who have not had "The Spiderhawk Experience", should do so now! You will be thrilled with your book. — Jo Gray. Author of Tails from the Cat Basket.
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