The long flight home
Hlad, Alan2019
Book
It is September 1940, and as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around Epping Forest, the home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. After losing her parents as a child, Susan found comfort in raising homing pigeons. Duchess has proven to be the most extraordinary of all Susan's birds, as the two share a special bond and an unusual curiosity about the 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 the National Pigeon Service, where Susan is involved in a new, covert assignment. The mission aims to air-drop hundreds of homing pigeons in German-occupied France, where many will not survive. As the mission date draws near, the friendship between Ollie and Susan deepens.
Main title:
The long flight home / A.L. Hlad.
Author:
Hlad, Alan, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2019.
Collation:
378 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton.
ISBN:
9781529311464 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
2871611