Told in dual timelines, Forever Blackbirds traverses protagonist Marta Gottlieb's escape from 1914 Russia to her tribulations in rural North Dakota during WWII. Young Marta, now in her mid-forties, begins to question her evangelical faith in the turbulence of mid-century America and another war. Forging her way through the loss of a son, estrangement from her community, and the disquieting reality of a loveless marriage, Marta discovers an indomitable spirit she didn't know she possesses.