The Secrets of Flight [electronic resource] : A Novel
Leffler, Maggie2016
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An elderly Jewish widow revisits her past as a World War II pilot with the help of a teenage girl in this captivating debut novel. 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 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.
Main title:
The Secrets of Flight [electronic resource] : A Novel / Maggie Leffler
Author:
Leffler, Maggie, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2016
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Maggie Leffler is an American novelist and a family medicine physician. A native of Columbia, Maryland, she graduated from the University of Delaware and volunteered with AmeriCorps before attending St. George's University School of Medicine. She practices medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and sons. The Secrets of Flight is her third novel.
ISBN:
9780062427946
Language:
English
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2800213
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