Fly Away Home

by Marge Piercy

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A New York Times Notable Book: A successful cookbook author discovers a shocking secret about her husband that turns her life upside-down in this novel of upheaval and self-empowerment After a cross-country tour promoting her latest cookbook, Daria Walker is ready to return to her beautiful home in an affluent Boston suburb and her beloved husband, Ross, a prominent attorney whose rough-hewn good looks have never stopped charming her. But when she arrives, he blindsides her by announcing he show more wants a divorce. Surprised and devastated, Daria suspects he may be having an affair, but the reality is far worse and will tear apart the illusion of her perfectly happy family. When a young boy dies in a fire that appears to have been started by a mercenary slumlord, Daria is outraged along with the rest of the city. But after seeing picketers in front of her husband's office and receiving threatening calls at home, she realizes that Ross is responsible for the heinous crime. Daria's eye-opening and exhilarating journey to discover the truth about her husband puts her at odds with the comfortable life she has long enjoyed with him. Fast paced and thought provoking, Fly Away Home is the riveting story of a woman forced to question her values, her relationships, and herself-and to confront, tear down, and rebuild everything she's known to be true. show less

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Poet and novelist Marge Piercy was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 31, 1936. She received a B. A. from the University of Michigan and an M. A. from Northwestern. She is involved in the Jewish renewal and political work and was part of the civil rights movement. She won the Arthur C. Clarke award. Besides writing her own novels and collections show more of poetry, she has collaborated with her husband Ira Wood on a play, The Last White Class, and a novel, Storm Tide. In 1997, they founded a small literary publishing company called the Leapfrog Press. She currently lives in Cape Cod. (Bowker Author Biography) Marge Piercy is the author of 14 previous poetry collections and 14 novels. In 1990 her poetry won the Golden Rose, the oldest poetry award in the country. She lives on Cape Cod. (Publisher Provided) Marge Piercy is the author of 35 books of poetry & fiction, including the best sellers "Gone to Soldiers" & "The Longings of Women". (Publisher Provided) show less

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Canonical title
Fly Away Home
Original publication date
1984

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Genres
General Fiction, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3566 .I4 .F55Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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Danish, English
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Paper, Ebook
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11
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