The Way the Crow Flies Contributor(s): MacDonald, Ann-Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060586370 ISBN-13: 9780060586379 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: From the acclaimed author of "Fall on Your Knees"--a "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah pick--comes a mesmerizing look "at childhood, marriage, families, the 1960s, the Cold War, and the fear and isolation that are part of the human condition" (Patrick Anderson, "Washington Post Book World"). |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2003061076 |
Series: P.S. |
Physical Information: 1.44" H x 5.28" W x 7.94" (1.43 lbs) 848 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "One of the finest novels I've read . . . .a fiercely intelligent look at childhood, marriage, families, the 1960s, the Cold War and the fear and isolation that are part of the human condition.... it is not only beautifully written.... it is equally beautiful in its conception, its compassion, its wisdom, even in its anger and pain. Don't miss it." -- Patrick Anderson, Washington Post Book World The optimism of the early sixties, infused with the excitement of the space race and the menace of the Cold War, is filtered through the rich imagination of high-spirited, eight-year-old Madeleine, who welcomes her family's posting to a quiet Air Force base near the Canadian border. Secure in the love of her beautiful mother, she is unaware that her father, Jack, is caught up in a web of secrets. When a local murder intersects with global forces, Jack must decide where his loyalties lie, and Madeleine will be forced to learn a lesson about the ambiguity of human morality -- one she will only begin to understand when she carries her quest for the truth, and the killer, into adulthood twenty years later. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacDonald, Ann-Marie: - Novelist and dramatist Ann-Marie MacDonald is the author of the internationally bestselling and award-winning novel Fall on Your Knees. She is also the playwright of Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, which won the Governor General's Award for Drama. She lives in Toronto. |