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Book of the Month
The award-winning, national bestselling
author of Whistling Past the
Graveyard sends an unlikely trio on an
exhilarating adventure high above the
American Midwest of the 1920s in a
spirited, “entertaining surprise” (Publishers
Weekly) of a novel in league with Water for
Elephants and The Aviator’s Wife.
They are barnstormers…the daredevil fliers
whose airborne acrobatics are a thrilling
spectacle crisscrossing the Heartland skies.
Rising above each of their circumstances in
their own “flying circus” are Cora Rose
Haviland, a privileged young woman left
penniless when her father’s fortune is lost;
Charles “Gil” Gilchrist, a World War I pilot
whose traumatic past fuels his death-
defying stunts; and eighteen-year-old
Henry Schuler, the son of a German
immigrant farmer, on the run from
shocking accusations. Each holds secrets
that could destroy their makeshift family.
And, on their adrenaline-charged journey of
self-discovery, one of them must pay the
price.
With the poignant and powerful storytelling
voice that made Whistling Past the
Graveyard “a classic, a book people want to
pass along for generations to come”
(Feathered Quill Book Reviews), Susan
Crandall artfully weaves the stories of three
unforgettable characters, each searching
for salvation that waits just beyond the
horizon.
