👶👶👶👶: Seventh Flag, by Sid Balman

As a Texan, I couldn't pass up this opportunity given to me by Book Sparks to join the Audiobook Tour for Sid Balman Jr.'s novel, Seventh Flag.

For those of you unfamiliar with Texas history, six flags have flown over this state: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States, and the United States (the US flag has actually flown twice, now and prior to the Confederate States). So, as you can imagine, there is a lot of blood and turmoil on this land. Sid Balman ran with this rich history as he imagined what a seventh flag might look like... one that would weave together all nationalities, all religions, all people as Americans under one truly United flag, weeding out extremism, intolerance, and prejudice in all forms.

In this historical fiction novel, Balman tells the story of four generations of an Irish American family and a Syrian Muslim family bound together by one fateful event with the family patriarchs. The reader is taken on this vast journey spanning decades of complex racial, religious, and political tensions that have ebbed and flowed over the years.

A timely novel, 𝑆𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑔 takes into account all of the historical events that have lead us to this precarious point of political strife and division. And let me just tell you, I learned a heck ton in this short little novel!

Many thanks to Booksparks and Sparkpress for gifting me with this advanced audio copy in exchange for an honest review.

This audio version of 𝑆𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑔 (with a wonderful voice actor👍🏻) is now available to purchase on all major audiobook platforms.

Read: 10/22/21