The Pilot's Wife
By Anita Shreve
- Release Date: 2007-07-31
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
Anita Shreve's hauntingly beautiful #1 bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection about tragedy, grief, betrayal, and the 'impossibility of knowing another person.'
As a pilot's wife, Kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone, but nothing has prepared her for a late-night knock that lets her know her husband has died in a crash.
Until now, Kathryn Lyons's life has been peaceful if unextraordinary: a satisfying job teaching high school in the New England mill town of her childhood; a picture-perfect home by the ocean; a precocious, independent-minded fifteen-year-old daughter; and a happy marriage whose occasional dull passages she attributes to the unavoidable deadening of time.
As Kathryn struggles with her grief, she descends into a maelstrom of publicity stirred up by the modern hunger for the details of tragedy. Even before the plane is located in waters off the Irish coast, the relentless scrutiny of her husband's life begins to bring a bizarre personal mystery into focus. Could there be any truth to the increasingly disturbing rumors that he had a secret life?
Reviews
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5By Moses BelleGREAT PLoT, FULLY DEVELOPED AND FLAWED CHARACTERS. I LOVED THE GOOD ONES AND THE FLAWED ONES. ANITA SHREVE IS AN EXCELLENT STORYTELLER AND WRITER. LADY SUNSHINE FREEPORT NEW YORK DECEMBER 11, 2020The Pilots Wife
4By JnetrealtorIt was a tad disturbing this has in some form happened many times.Great Story Teller
5By Michelle WrightGreatly written! Kept my interest from the first sentence! I plan to read more of her work.loved it
5By Reba in OrovilleOmg! This is one of the best books I have ever read. I could not put it down once I started reading it. Excellent reading.Wonderful
5By SoundsLikeFolkThe story hooked me from the first page. I couldn't put it down and finished it in a day. It's a quick read once you get into it because you desperately want to know what happens.Loved it!
5By monchie314I could not put this book down. This was my first read by Shreve and I absolutely love her writing style. I was completely gripped in the emotions of her characters. I will be reading more of her work.The pilot's wife
4By Justin G,A great book. Quite enjoyable. It took turns I was expecting. Very much recommended.