The Long Flight Home - Alan Hlad
Category: Historical Fiction
Tags: Historical Fiction
Inspired by fascinating, true, yet little-known events during World War II, The Long Flight Home is a testament to the power of courage in our darkest hoursa moving, masterfully written story of love and sacrifice., It is September 1940a year into the warand as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around the Epping Forest home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. After losing her parents to influenza as a child, Susan found comfort in raising homing pigeons with Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susanloyal, intelligent, beautifulbut none more so than Duchess. Hatched from an egg that Susan incubated in a bowl under her grandfathers desk lamp, Duchess shares a special bond with Susan and an unusual curiosity about the human world., Thousands of miles away in Buxton, Maine, a young crop-duster pilot named Ollie Evans has decided to travel to Britain to join the Royal Air Force. His quest brings him to E
