Thursday, December 10, 2020

Her Last Flight

This is a fantastic novel, written by Beatriz Williams.  She is the author of A Certain Age and The Golden Hour, both excellent novels, that I have read and there are others that I look forward to reading.

 This novel takes off with a whoosh of wind into the sky and brings you in for a perfect landing .  Inspired, I would say, by the continued mystery of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, this novel imagines what could have happened.  It is a love story, an adventure and a look into the social mores of a time in US history.  Womens' rights, marriage  and relationships, the choices people make and how they affect others.. all these themes are pulled together in this plot by Janey Everett, a photo journalist works to uncover the hidden truth of forgotten aviation pioneer, Sam Mallory and Irene Lindquist, the owner of a small island -hopping airline.  A heart felt story that makes you feel attached to the characters and cheer for their successes and worry about their failures.

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