Songbird

Laci Barry Post

Feb 2025 · LampLight MediaWorks · Narrated by Laci Barry Post

About this audiobook

When the perils and social changes of World War II confront a small southern town, faith, family, and love sustain the lives of one young woman and her family. Can those left behind endure?

"I'm waiting for my life to begin. Waiting for the train to come in," Ava Stilwell, a young woman eager for life, sings a popular song with the big band that reflects her heart. In the midst of a world at war, Ava finds love, a passion for her music, and new opportunities, but the war still looms over her, threatening to take it all away.

It's 1943, and World War II has gripped the nation, including the Stilwell family in Jacksonville, Alabama. Rationing, bomb drills, patriotism, and a changing South barrage their way of life. Neighboring Fort McClellan has brought the world to their doorstep in the form of young soldiers from all over the country and German POWs from halfway around the globe.

Songbird is an inspirational, historical fiction novel, dealing with family, faith, strong women, and the American home front. It explores many historical elements of the World War II era, such as women's aid groups, the writings of Ernie Pyle, D-day, radio and music of the 1940s, and the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the first book of The War Song Series. Listen to the author read the story in her own voice!

About the author

Laci Barry Post is the writer of The War Song Series. The series spans the momentous timeframe from World War II through the Korean War on the American home front. Women's aid groups, bomb drills, rationing, children born to absent fathers, women entering the workforce, post-war acclimatization, and much more - it was time of great social change. The series is full of family, faith, struggle, survival, and strong women, set to a backdrop of the remarkable music, radio, and television of the time. Laci lives in Georgia with her husband, two sons, and dog, Bucky. When she is not reading and writing about history, she loves hiking, traveling, and teaching group fitness. To learn more about Laci, The War Song Series, and one of the greatest times in American history, visit her webpage at www.thewarsongseries.com.