<![CDATA[The Pilot's Wife]]>

false <![CDATA[The Pilot's Wife]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165518190m/5191.jpg 5191 48 Oprah Book Club® Selection, March 1999: With five novels to her credit, including the acclaimed The Weight of Water, Anita Shreve now offers a skillfully crafted exploration of the long reach of tragedy in The Pilot's Wife. News of Jack Lyons's fatal crash sends his wife into shock and emotional numbness: <blockquote> Kathryn wished she could manage a coma. Instead, it seemed that quite the opposite had happened: She felt herself to be inside of a private weather system, one in which she was continuously tossed and buffeted by bits of news and information, sometimes chilled by thoughts of what lay immediately ahead, thawed by the kindness of others ... frequently drenched by memories that seemed to have no regard for circumstance or place, and then subjected to the nearly intolerable heat of reporters, photographers and curious on-lookers. It was a weather system with no logic, she had decided, no pattern, no progression, no form. </blockquote> The situation becomes even more dire when the plane's black box is recovered, pinning responsibility for the crash on Jack. In an attempt to clear his name, Kathryn searches for any and all clues to the hours before the flight. Yet each discovery forces her to realize that she didn't know her husband of 16 years at all. Shreve's complex and highly convincing treatment of Kathryn's dilemma, coupled with intriguing minor characters and an expertly paced plot, makes The Pilot's Wife really take off. 3131254 book 1998 The Pilot's Wife total:18950|5:2999|4:7212|3:8451|2:3080|1:887| 18950 63601 22174 1503 1 6 false false Fri Aug 01 13:15:26 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 13:16:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 4 false false Sat Oct 18 08:22:20 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 08:24:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 18:18:29 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 08:26:23 -0700 2008 I was...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 02:40:38 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 03:05:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 22 22:20:15 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 17 10:37:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 04 12:02:48 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 14:29:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Tue Jul 15 17:10:42 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 17:13:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 22:15:09 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 19:51:42 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Jul 22 22:59:41 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 22:59:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jan 02 13:04:13 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 13:04:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Dec 20 17:57:07 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 26 13:12:14 -0800 2008
Although I probably am being harsh by giving it two stars, I don't really see too many good things about this book. The bits where Kathryn are at her house are far too dragged out. Shreve relies only on the 'feel' sensory to explai...more...]]> 3 1 false true Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 28 02:49:20 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 02:51:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 18:49:47 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 21:51:44 -0700 2007 The Pilot's Wife in a nutshell: Jack Lyons, a commercial pilot, is flying a plane when it explodes. The book follows the grieving process of his widow, as she tries to figure out what happened in that plane. The overriding question in the book is "How well can we ever really know someone els...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 13:56:20 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 17:36:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 24 14:16:51 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 14:17:46 -0700 2009
Shreve is a great writer... I love her language and use of words. I'm such a lover of language and the ways in which it can be swirled and whirled and encircle your mind makin...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 14:20:36 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:20:47 -0700 2009 Kathryn Lyon is awakened...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 07:47:37 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:50:56 -0700 2009 It would start to pick up and then slow down again. A lot of flash backs and I'm not much of a fan of flashback stories.

News of Jack Lyons's fatal crash sends his wife into shock and emotional numbness:

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1) Plus: a good story, more original than I had expected it to be.
2) Plus: Moved along pretty well; I enjoyed the experience of reading it. I was not bored at any time.
3) Minus: For such a life-defining moment, the ma...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 03 23:36:44 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 23:37:53 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5191