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Flying Shoes (2014)

af Lisa Howorth

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"Mary Byrd Thornton could understand how a reporter couldn't resist the story: a nine-year-old boy sexually molested and killed on Mother's Day, 1966. A suspect to whom nothing would stick. A neighborhood riddled with secrets. No one, especially the bungling or complicit authorities, had been able to solve the crime. Now, thirty years later, the reporter's call will reel a reluctant Mary Byrd from Mississippi back to Virginia where she must confront her family--and, once again, the murder's irremovable stain of tragedy. Lisa Howorth's remarkable Flying Shoes is a work of fiction, but the murder is based on the still-unsolved case of her stepbrother, a front page story in the Washington Post. And yet this is not a crime novel; it is an honest and luminous story of a particular time and place in the South, where even calamitous weather can be a character, everyone has a story, and all are inextricably entwined. With a flamboyant cast, splendid dark humor, a potent sense of history, and a shocking true story at its heart, Flying Shoes is a rich and candid novel from a fresh new southern voice about family and memory and one woman's flight from a wounded past"--… (mere)
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I had to give up. Meandering plot. Few likeable characters. Eh. Too many good books to read out there. ( )
  Jandrew74 | May 26, 2019 |
This was interesting, and not what I expected based on the back cover blurb ("woman gets a phone call about new leads in her brother's murder case, 30 years after the original investigation"). It's less crime novel than slice of life reflection on family dynamics, aging, class/race relations...all against the backdrop of rural Mississippi. I'm glad I picked it up, it was a nice surprise and really hard to put down, especially once Mary Byrd makes her trip to Virginia to sit down with the police officer regarding her brother's death. ( )
  KLmesoftly | Feb 1, 2015 |
'Flying Shoes' is an interesting, and appropriate, title for Lisa Howorth's novel. Like many readers, I pick up a book, consider the title and cover image, glance over the blurbs and dive in eagerly. Most books are clearly represented, but this novel is not easily surmised by any of the typical attributes. Yes, I know, don't judge a book by its cover. Flying Shoes is presented as a mystery. When the character of Mary Byrd Thornton receives a phone call in her Mississippi home concerning a 30-year-old cold case of her murdered stepbrother, it sets the story in motion. The path it takes, however, is not one that is expected. In fact, the story becomes less and less about the mystery and more about the thoughts of the protagonist as she muddles through her middle-age life - demanding children, lukewarm marriage, aging mother.

Set in the South, the novel is full of colorful and intriguing characters. The minor characters are not fully developed but it is easy to imagine their lives. Howorth ties the characters together in unexpected ways, from a truck driver who gives Mary a ride during a dangerous winter storm to a housekeeper who deals with a family tragedy of her own and evokes an empathetic response from Mary. With all the bits and pieces given about the characters, I found myself wanting to know more but, like the mystery that unfolds slowly, there is plenty of room for imagination. That, of course, is not a detriment to the story, but I enjoy characters who I come to know and miss when the last page is read.

The novel, based on the author's experience of the loss of her stepbrother, is worth reading but be sure to approach the book with an open mind. It is a bit like flying shoes. You can't be certain where it will land. Enjoy!

*I received Flying Shoes in a Goodreads giveaway.* ( )
  LanaFun | Aug 12, 2014 |
A real charmer. From the book: "…she learned early that this is the way the world works, randomly and chaotically, with billions and trillions of stories overlapping and colliding and entangling so that one could never feel that one's own story was one's own. Everything that happened was like a stone thrown in a pond, rippling out, or an earthquake causing distant tsunamis."

We're treated to a few of these overlapping stories as we follow Mary Byrd, whose life was forever changed when her young stepbrother was molested and murdered. The sense of people and place is profound. Excellent writing, with characters and events that will stick with you. A good piece of literature that I will read again. ( )
  Carrie.Kilgore | Jul 18, 2014 |
Mary Byrd Thornton receives an unwelcome phone call in the midst of her messy, busy life in Mississippi telling her that the Richmond Virginia police believe they have new information about the molestation and murder of her nine year old step-brother that happened over 20 years ago. She must find a way to put things in order ~ seeing to it that her children will be taken to school, that there is food in the house for her husband and children and pets, as well as figure out how to get to Richmond (she hates flying). Without "telling", the author shows the reader how chaotic Mary Byrd's life is, how she struggles with order, the strange people she relies on, and how much is the result of what happened so long ago. I have to admit that at first I wondered how Mary Byrd's internal dialog and musings were relevant to the story, but as I continued reading, I learned that those things are an important part of the picture of Mary Byrd herself, and hold clues to the feelings she has about what happened back in 1966. This is a well-written, at times humorous, at times sad story about a family, and how one person deals with tragedy and living. I recommend the book as a good read when it comes out in June 2014. Many thanks to the author and the publishers for allowing me to read this advance copy! ( )
  Lettypearl | Dec 16, 2013 |
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"Mary Byrd Thornton could understand how a reporter couldn't resist the story: a nine-year-old boy sexually molested and killed on Mother's Day, 1966. A suspect to whom nothing would stick. A neighborhood riddled with secrets. No one, especially the bungling or complicit authorities, had been able to solve the crime. Now, thirty years later, the reporter's call will reel a reluctant Mary Byrd from Mississippi back to Virginia where she must confront her family--and, once again, the murder's irremovable stain of tragedy. Lisa Howorth's remarkable Flying Shoes is a work of fiction, but the murder is based on the still-unsolved case of her stepbrother, a front page story in the Washington Post. And yet this is not a crime novel; it is an honest and luminous story of a particular time and place in the South, where even calamitous weather can be a character, everyone has a story, and all are inextricably entwined. With a flamboyant cast, splendid dark humor, a potent sense of history, and a shocking true story at its heart, Flying Shoes is a rich and candid novel from a fresh new southern voice about family and memory and one woman's flight from a wounded past"--

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