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Amelia Earhart disappeared from the world's radar in the 1930s, but she has not been forgotten. Breathe the Sky is a fresh and provocative portrait of the legendary pilot whose courage and charisma have dazzled millions. It is also the first novel to reveal the dark side of Earhart's fame-and the dangerous, madcap course of her final voyage. Venturing where history and biography have not, Breathe the Sky takes the reader on Earhart's last expedition along the equatorial line, through wild storms, across endless desert and jungle, and over shark-infested waters. With stark, nimble prose, Prasad brings Earhart to life once more, securing her place in the pantheon of great explorers, while inspiring risk and adventure in readers. EARLY REVIEWS "BREATHE THE SKY brings us into Amelia Earhart's cockpit and her psyche. ... From lift-off to landing, this] is a novel that soars." --Wally Lamb, author of The Hour I First Believed "BREATHE THE SKY vividly reimagines the private life of Amelia Earhart. ... Chandra Prasad replaces the romance of the legend with this litany of all-too-human mistakes." --Stewart O'Nan, author of Songs for the Missing "A powerful, tragic, compelling story, an absolute page-turner by a skilled writer in full command of her characters, her tale, and a fascinating period of history." --Stephen L. Carter, author of Palace Council "Prasad has built a first-rate time-machine that effortlessly transports us back to the early twentieth-century to view the world through Amelia Earhart's eyes." --Debby Applegate, Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and Autobiography AUTHOR BIO Chandra Prasad is the author of the Connecticut Book Award finalist ON BORROWED WINGS, a Simon & Schuster novel. ON BORROWED WINGS follows a quarryman's daughter as she attends Depression-era Yale University. Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants, says, "Prasad has created an inspired and timeless heroine whose intelligence, imagination, and determination have you rooting for her from the very first page." Prasad is also the editor of, and a contributor to, MIXED: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience, which was released to international acclaim by W.W. Norton. Her other works include prize-winning short stories and the historical adventure DEATH OF A CIRCUS, which Booklist calls a "richly textured" book "packed with glamour and grit." No library descriptions found. |
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The novel tells just a bit about Amelia's childhood. I would have liked more about her younger years and her love of flying. How did she obtain this interest? In a time in which women were not widely accepted in the sky, what prejudices did she deal with? There was very little about that. Mostly the book covers the beginnings of her fame and the last half is dedicated to her attempt at flying around the world. It sums up her and Fred Noonan's destinations, mechanical difficulties, sickness, and different foods they eat in different places. Something I didn't like was the vagueness of time. One page she is visiting G.P. and his wife, a few pages later they are married.. When did this happen? I would have like more details of her personal life.
One other thing I did not like is the references to Amelia as A.E. It threw me off quite a bit because it is supposed to be a novel and I think Amelia has a more personal feel than A.E. It is one thing to refer to her husband as G.P. as very little about the book focuses on him, but Amelia is the star...
Despite its flaws, I recommend it to aviation buffs, namely women. ( )