Rate this book

In Hovering Flight (2008)

by Joyce Hinnefeld(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1932961585 (ISBN13: 9781932961584)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Unbridled Books

review 1: This was a beautiful book. I stopped and thought many times as I read, wondering what it was about the language in the book that brought to mind older more genteel eras and couldn't discern the trick the author used. It was a joy to read and the metaphor of the birds in their various states was, while perhaps a bit obvious, interesting nonetheless. I did not want it to end and wanted to see what the next generation experienced.
review 2: I always find it difficult to encapsulate a book in easy sound bites like In Hovering Flight. How can you capture the essence of how a book makes you feel; how it taps into your own memories of love, loss, family and youth? I found it an extraordinary privilege to share the lives of these characters.On one level it is an intima... morete love story of Tom and Addie who ultimately share that love with their daughter Scarlet. On another level it is a shameful account of modern life and how it is destroying our enviroment. It made me aware of my surroundings as Spring brings rebirth to the trees and plants and birds, the joy of nature. On yet another level it is a compassionate ache of love and loss, of the death of children and parents.But ultimately the novel transcends all of this by connecting us with our own humanity throught the humanity of these characters. E. M. Forester's great theme in literature was "only connect". This beautifully written book certainly effected me with all the joys and sadnesses that life can hand us. This story is as glorious and beautiful and fleeting as the birdsong that so entrances the characters who inhabit it. I had to occasionally stop reading it so I could delay the inevitable last page and have to say goodbye to these friends. less

Download links for: In Hovering Flight

Advertising