Her last flight [large print] : a novel Beatriz Williams.
In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on the Hawaiian island of Kauai to research a planned biography of forgotten aviation pioneer Sam Mallory, who joined the loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War and never returned. Obsessed with Sam's fate, Janey has tracked down Irene Lindquist, the owner of a local island-hopping airline, whom she believes might actually be the legendary Irene Foster, Mallory's onetime student and flying partner. Foster's disappearance during a round-the-world flight in 1937 remains one of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries. At first, the flinty Mrs. Lindquist denies any connection to Foster. But Janey informs her that the wreck of Sam Mallory's airplane has recently been discovered in a Spanish desert, and piece by piece, the details of Foster's extraordinary life emerge: from the beginnings of her flying career in Southern California, to her complicated, passionate relationship with Mallory, to the collapse of her marriage to her aggressive career manager, the publishing scion George Morrow. As Irene spins her tale to its searing conclusion, Janey's past gathers its own power. The duel between the two women takes a heartstopping turn. To whom does Mallory rightfully belong? Can we ever come to terms with the loss of those we love, and the lives we might have lived?
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- ISBN: 9780062999887
- ISBN: 0062999885
- Physical Description: 580 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: large print, 1st Harper edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | LP WIL (Text) | 37810435522106 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Bunn Branch | LP/F/Williams (Text) | 72350000102483 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | LP FIC WILLIAMS, BEATRIZ (Text) | 0112522982698 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | LP Fic (Text) | 31554010658952 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | WIL (Text) | 33258008956935 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Morganton Public Library | F WIL L.P. (Text) | 33557004375788 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| North Regional Library | LP WILLIAMS (Text) | 31781065661447 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Paddison Memorial Branch | LP FIC WILLIAMS, BEATRIZ (Text) | 0112522918982 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Scotland Neck Memorial Library | LP F WILLIAMS (Text) | 01011700089921 | Adult Large Print New Fiction | Available | - |
| Southside Branch | LP FIC WILLIAMS, BEATRIZ (Text) | 0112522918991 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
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In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on the Hawaiian island of Kauai to research a planned biography of forgotten aviation pioneer Sam Mallory, who joined the loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War and never returned. Obsessed with Sam's fate, Janey has tracked down Irene Lindquist, the owner of a local island-hopping airline, whom she believes might actually be the legendary Irene Foster, Mallory's onetime student and flying partner. Foster's disappearance during a round-the-world flight in 1937 remains one of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries. At first, the flinty Mrs. Lindquist denies any connection to Foster. But Janey informs her that the wreck of Sam Mallory's airplane has recently been discovered in a Spanish desert, and piece by piece, the details of Foster's extraordinary life emerge: from the beginnings of her flying career in Southern California, to her complicated, passionate relationship with Mallory, to the collapse of her marriage to her aggressive career manager, the publishing scion George Morrow. As Irene spins her tale to its searing conclusion, Janey's past gathers its own power. The duel between the two women takes a heartstopping turn. To whom does Mallory rightfully belong? Can we ever come to terms with the loss of those we love, and the lives we might have lived?
