"The Pleasure of Letting Go" is definitely one of those sweet, feel good stories. The passion and devotion to the caretaking of these birds really shines through in the writing. When a writer can go heavily into detail and share their knowledge on a topic, that's when you'll see how in love they are. Also personal experience probably helps because unless someone is truly exposed to a certain thing, they won't completely know how it feels. Sure, you could get any writer to write about orphaned songbirds, but it would probably be through research. But if you read the writing of someone who experienced the beauty of taking care of them, like Kyoko Mori, then you will get the knowledge as well as this emotional understanding.
Also, I always like it when I can read a story, relate to it, and get a life lesson out of it. The lesson is in the title itself, "The Pleasure of Letting Go". Most of us have trouble with letting things go, especially if we truly love it. We become attached and it's been in our lives for so long, we can't imagine parting from it. But for Kyoko Mori, letting go of something she loves is fine because, this is how it should be. Taking care of the songbirds can not last forever, and she knows this. Mori knows that there is a better life for them beyond the sanctuary, and finds pleasure in seeing them fly into the world, now able to take care of themselves.
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