Homeless Bird Summary

Homeless Bird was written by Gloria Whelan, a poet, short story writer, and a novelist. The book is about a young girl named Koly who faces many hardships. After meeting Koly’s fiance, Hari, Koly and her family realize that his parents had lied about his age and that he was very, very ill. Hari passed away shortly after he and Koly got married. After Hari died, Koly’s Sassur was so depressed over the death he would lock himself in his room every day after he got home from work. Sassur eventually passed away from fatigue and lack of nutrients because he was skipping meals.
The house that now only Sass and Koly lived in became too expensive so Sass and Koly planned to travel to Sass’ brother’s house where they were promised a place to stay.