TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crandall,Susan
TI  - The flying circus
SN  - 1476772142 (hbk.)
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Gallery Books
KW  - Nineteen twenties
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Stunt flying
KW  - United States
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Love stories
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Romance fiction
N2  - "A novel about the beginning years of aviation"--; "From the bestselling and award-winning author of Whistling Past the Graveyard comes an adventure tale about two daredevils and a farm boy who embark on the journey of a lifetime across America's heartland in the Roaring Twenties. Set in the rapidly changing world of 1920s America, this is a story of three people from very different backgrounds: Henry "Schuler" Jefferson, son of German immigrants from Midwestern farm country; Cora Rose Haviland, a young woman of privilege whose family has lost their fortune; and Charles "Gil" Gilchrist, an emotionally damaged WWI veteran pilot. Set adrift by life-altering circumstances, they find themselves bound together by need and torn apart by blind obsessions and conflicting goals. Each one holds a secret that, if exposed, would destroy their friendship. But their journey of adventure and self-discovery has a price--and one of them won't be able to survive it. As they crisscross the heartland, exploring the rapidly expanding role of aviation from barnstorming to bootlegging, from a flying circus to the dangerous sport of air racing, the three companions form a makeshift family. It's a one-of-a-kind family, with members as adventurous as they are vulnerable, and as fascinating as they are flawed. But whatever adventure--worldly or private--they find themselves on, they're guaranteed to be a family you won't forget"--
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