The secrets of flight

Format:

Book

Title:

The secrets of flight

Author:

Leffler, Maggie author

ISBN:

9780062427922

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]

Physical Description:

344, 9 pages ; 21 cm

Summary:

"Estranged from her family since just after World War II, Mary Browning has spent her entire adult life hiding from her Jewish heritage. Now eighty-seven years old and a widow, she is haunted by a lifetime of secrets and fading memories of the family she left behind. Her one outlet is the writing group she's presided over for a decade, but when a new member walks in--a fifteen year old girl who reminds her so much of her beloved sister Sarah--Mary is certain fate delivered Elyse Strickler to her for a reason. She hires the serious-eyed teenager to type up her story of a daring female pilot during WWII who gambled everything for her dreams--and both their lives take flight in unexpected ways. At times laugh-out-loud funny and at others heart-wrenching, this is a story of identity, betrayal, love, hope, and forgiveness"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject(s):

World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.

Women air pilots -- Fiction.

Jewish women -- Fiction.

Storytelling -- Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Novels.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Leffler, M.	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Independence Public Library	FICTION - LEFFLER	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

This captivating, breakout novel--told in alternating viewpoints--brings readers from the skies of World War II to the present day, where a woman is prepared to tell her secrets at last.

Estranged from her family since just after World War II, Mary Browning has spent her entire adult life hiding from her past. Now eighty-seven years old and a widow, she is still haunted by secrets and fading memories of the family she left behind. Her one outlet is the writing group she's presided over for a decade, though she's never written a word herself. When a new member walks in--a fifteen-year-old girl who reminds her so much of her beloved sister Sarah--Mary is certain fate delivered Elyse Strickler to her for a reason.

Mary hires the serious-eyed teenager to type her story about a daring female pilot who, during World War II, left home for the sky and gambled everything for her dreams--including her own identity.

As they begin to unravel the web of Mary's past, Mary and Elyse form an unlikely friendship. Together they discover it's never too late for second chances and that sometimes forgiveness is all it takes for life to take flight in the most unexpected ways.