Leaving Earth - Couverture souple

Humphreys, Helen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312255004 ISBN 13 : 9780312255008

Editeur : Picador USA, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Humphreys Helen

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

HELEN HUMPHREYS’ most recent acclaimed work of non-fiction is The Ghost Orchard. Her most recent novel, The Evening Chorus, was nominated for a Governor General’s Award and was a national bestseller. Her 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: Picador USA
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312255004
• ISBN 13: 9780312255008
• Reliure: Broché