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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a worthy book and I found many parts of it enjoyable, specifically the characters of Harry and Jay and their shared passion for birding. I enjoyed Harry and Jay's efforts to help Harry reach 300 different birds on his life list. As a person whose life has been affected by Alzheimer's, I appreciated the effort to get into the mind of a brilliant man who knows he's losing his memory. However, the pacing, especially near the end, is uneven. Most of the story takes place over a few days, but the last few chapters cover a few years and some irrelevant (though nice) details. The resolution seems entirely too neat and tidy for a complex set of problems. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Jeremy Walsh's parents assume he's been abducted by the elderly man he met on a cross-country flight, but it's the other way around. Two unlikely companions meet in midair: 13-year-old Jeremy, sent against his will by his career-absorbed father to spend the summer with his bipolar mother, and Harry, one-legged and afflicted with mid-stage Alzheimer's, who escapes the confinement of home for what may be his last adventure. Their journey begins, trailed by Harry's wife and Jeremy's parents, who threaten to cut it short. It's a race against time and circumstance."In Adrian Magnuson's Taking Flight a curmudgeon losing his memory and a snarky teen fleeing his parents find a common passion in bird watching. Endearing characters, delightful story and a poignant final scene give this book wings along with the beautifully depicted birds." -Frances Wood, author of Brushed by Feathers: A Year of Birdwatching in the West "Taking Flight is an evocative and moving contemporary novel. It is, at every level, a story about love. For one character it is a coming of age tale, for the other the end of an age. Both are runaways, yet each ultimately is searching for home. I highly recommend this heart-touching, beautifully written book." -Andrea Hurst, president of Andrea Hurst Literary Management "Filled with well-developed, real-life characters, Taking Flight's heart-breaking but satisfying story hits on all cylinders: action, comedy, and emotion." -Terry Persun, award winning author of Sweet Song No library descriptions found. |
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