Bride Flight
Marieke Van Der Pol(Author)
Portobello Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-84627-172-4 (ISBN)
Description
It is 1953, and the last great transcontinental air race from London to Christchurch is about to begin, but even before the KLM plane has left the runway, it has already become famous as the bride flight. Of its 60 emigrating passengers, many are brides-to-be flying out to join their fiances on the other side of the world. Among them are Ada, Marjorie and Esther, each of them with their own reasons for wanting to leave behind the hardships of post-war life at home, and their own pasts. During the trip they meet Frank, a charismatic bachelor, who will come to have a dramatic influence on their lives, and who exerts a continued hold over each of the women as they follow their very different paths in New Zealand. It is only when they meet again, years later at Frank's funeral, that the three women - now brides in black - get to hear each other's stories for the first time and realise just how closely their lives have been bound together by what happened on the bride flight.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Granta Books
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84627-172-4 (9781846271724)
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Persons
MARIEKE VAN DER POL is the author of the prize-winning script for the international hit film The Twins. This is her first novel.