The Secrets of Flight, Maggie Leffler
The Secrets of Flight, Maggie Leffler
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The Secrets of Flight
A Novel

Author: Maggie Leffler

Narrator: Barbara Caruso, Brittany Pressley

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/03/2016

Synopsis

This captivating, breakout novel—told in alternating viewpoints—brings readers from the skies of World War II to the present day, where a woman is prepared to tell her secrets at last.Estranged from her family since just after World War II, Mary Browning has spent her entire adult life hiding from her past. Now eighty-seven years old and a widow, she is still haunted by secrets and fading memories of the family she left behind. Her one outlet is the writing group she’s presided over for a decade, though she’s never written a word herself. When a new member walks in—a fifteen-year-old girl who reminds her so much of her beloved sister Sarah—Mary is certain fate delivered Elyse Strickler to her for a reason.Mary hires the serious-eyed teenager to type her story about a daring female pilot who, during World War II, left home for the sky and gambled everything for her dreams—including her own identity.   As they begin to unravel the web of Mary’s past, Mary and Elyse form an unlikely friendship. Together they discover it’s never too late for second chances and that sometimes forgiveness is all it takes for life to take flight in the most unexpected ways.

About Maggie Leffler

Maggie Leffler is an American novelist and a family medicine physician. A native of Columbia, Maryland, she graduated from the University of Delaware and volunteered with AmeriCorps before attending St. George’s University School of Medicine. She practices medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and sons. The Secrets of Flight is her third novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews

THE SECRETS OF FLIGHT is filled with writers, readers, secrets, life’s lessons, and​ laugh-out-loud situations.​ We meet 87-year-old Mrs. Browning also known as Miriam Lichtenstein who has a story that needs to be told and Elyse a 15-year old who helps record her story. We learn about Mrs Browning's p......more

Goodreads review by Shomeret

I liked the octogenarian protagonist, Mrs. Browning, the most--both in the present and in the past when she was an aviator in the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She was such a wonderful character. I also love novels that deal with the WASP. I always learn something new from them. This time......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede

I listened to the audio version and it was nice. And nice is pretty much my thought about the book. The Secrets of Flight is about Mary Browning, an old woman that retells her life's story to a young girl, Elyse Strickler. And through this do, we learn about her big secret while we also learn more a......more

Goodreads review by Tara

Absolutely amazing novel. It made me laugh, cry, nod my head in agreement, and contemplate some of the complicated choices some are presented with in life. What do you choose? The family you were born to or the family you choose? Making your dreams come true or helping someone else obtain theirs? Is......more

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