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New Novel -The Discovery of Flight
Here's a synopsis of the book:
Sixteen-year-old Libby has cerebral palsy and is only able to communicate with assistive technology — she can control her computer by moving her eyes.
In this way, slowly and methodically, she writes a fantasy novel called The Discovery of Flight as a present for her sister Sophie’s thirteenth birthday. It
is the story of a hawk named Aya who is telepathically linked to a human girl who resembles Sophie. Interwoven with Libby’s novel is Sophie’s diary, which
chronicles the siblings’ everyday life and maps the progress of Libby’s illness. Though Libby describes a fictional world and Sophie the real one, their stories
start to overlap and gradually come together as a testament to the powers of love and imagination.
And here is some advance praise the book has received:
“The two voices – one sardonic, the other tender – blend seamlessly in this heartbreaking story that will appeal to fans of both realism and fantasy.”
-Kit Pearson, author of A Day of Signs and Wonders.
"A beautiful sibling duet. This uniquely structured novel is funny, frank, and utterly transporting.”
-Kyo Maclear, author of Birds, Art, Life.
“Moving, imaginative, ultimately heroic and highly readable."
-Robert Priest, author of the Spell Crossed trilogy and The Wolf is Back.
Sixteen-year-old Libby has cerebral palsy and is only able to communicate with assistive technology — she can control her computer by moving her eyes.
In this way, slowly and methodically, she writes a fantasy novel called The Discovery of Flight as a present for her sister Sophie’s thirteenth birthday. It
is the story of a hawk named Aya who is telepathically linked to a human girl who resembles Sophie. Interwoven with Libby’s novel is Sophie’s diary, which
chronicles the siblings’ everyday life and maps the progress of Libby’s illness. Though Libby describes a fictional world and Sophie the real one, their stories
start to overlap and gradually come together as a testament to the powers of love and imagination.
And here is some advance praise the book has received:
“The two voices – one sardonic, the other tender – blend seamlessly in this heartbreaking story that will appeal to fans of both realism and fantasy.”
-Kit Pearson, author of A Day of Signs and Wonders.
"A beautiful sibling duet. This uniquely structured novel is funny, frank, and utterly transporting.”
-Kyo Maclear, author of Birds, Art, Life.
“Moving, imaginative, ultimately heroic and highly readable."
-Robert Priest, author of the Spell Crossed trilogy and The Wolf is Back.
