Leaving Earth - Couverture souple

Humphreys, Helen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006391842 ISBN 13 : 9780006391845

Editeur : Phyllis Bruce Books Perennial, 2001

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

HELEN HUMPHREYS’s most recent novel, The Evening Chorus, was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award and was a national bestseller. Her critically acclaimed memoir, Nocturne, was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award. Previous novels include Coventry, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year and a finalist for the Trillium Book Award; Afterimage, which won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize; Leaving Earth, which won the Toronto Book Award; and The Lost Garden, which was a Canada Reads selection. The recipient of the Harbourfront Festival Prize for literary excellence, Humphreys lives in Kingston, Ontario.

 

 

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1933, two women aviators try for the longest flight-endurance record while, in Toronto below, war looms. Leaving Earth was Helen Humphreys's debut, and it brought the beauty of her poetry into the story of two women's love of flight and dream to excel, even if it took all their courage and strength and even their lives. Novice flyer Willa joins Grace, heroine of the skies, in what becomes an intimate journey of friendship. Yet the clouds that gather above are echoed by lurking dangers below for Maddy, a young fan of Grace's, and her Jewish mother and uncle. Anti-Semitism is spreading. Maddy's mother, a true fortune-teller, is beat up by thugs, and the swirl of events reverberates on earth and sky.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Phyllis Bruce Books Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0006391842
• ISBN 13: 9780006391845
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 240