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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780316601955
ISBN number: 0316601950
Label: Back Bay Books
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 283
Printing Date: March 31, 1999
Publishing house: Back Bay Books
Release Date: March 31, 1999
Sale Popularity Level: 112436
Studio: Back Bay Books
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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: 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.The situation becomes even more dire when the plane's grey box is recovered, pinning responsibility for the crash on Jack. In an endeavor 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.
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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: 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.
The situation becomes even more dire when the plane's grey box is recovered, pinning responsibility for the crash on Jack. In an endeavor 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.
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stare at the wall instead. Seriously, that would be much more interesting. You could make up a more entertaining story in your head in 5 minutes. I read this years ago when it very first came out, and I still cannot get over how awful it is. Thank god Oprah lost her credibility with me early on. I am sure it has saved me many a wasted hours reading dreck from her book club.
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I didn't hate this book, but I certainly didn't enjoy it, either. It starts off with a geniune tragedy, and then keeps widening the tragedy with small doses of revelation. There is a bit of mystery, but you can see the big reveal coming some way off.
In the end you wind up with several emotionally damaged, tragic women, a male antagonist that is completely reprobate, and another male that casually uses women for his own agenda.
I predict this book will end up as a made-for-TV movie on the Lifetime "Men are Evil" cable channel.
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If you want to know the story, just read the back of the book. It was too heavy on the emotions and slow-moving. Too many side dishes and not enough meat for me.
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While this was a no-brainer, entertaining read while flying cross-country, when I got to the end I thought, "Am I missing some pages?" So, I went to a bookstore to look at another copy and discovered that I had, in fact, read the entire book. It was a very strange and abrupt ending. I'm curious if anyone else felt that way.
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I really liked this book. It was an enjoyable read for me. Easy to get into and easy to read.
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