Synopses & Reviews
From the acclaimed author of Fall On Your Knees--a New York Times million-copy bestseller and Oprah pick--comes a mesmerizing new novel, breathtaking in its storytelling power MacDonald burst on the literary scene in 1996 with Fall On Your Knees. Now in her stunning follow up, she captures the optimism of the early sixties, the excitement of the space race, and the menace of the Cold War in a work of great heart and soaring intelligence. High-spirited, eight year old Madeleine welcomes her family's posting to a quiet air force base near the Canadian-American border. Secure in the love of her beautiful mother, she is unaware that her father, Jack, is caught up in a web of secrets. When a very local murder intersects with global forces, Jack must decide where his loyalties lie. 20 years later, Madeleine begins to understand the implications as she continues her quest for the truth--and the killer. As compelling as it is rich. The Way the Crow Flies is both a loving portrayal and an indictment of an era. With her unerring eye for the whimsical, the absurd, and the quintessentially human, Ann-Marie MacDonald stunningly evokes the pain, confusion, and humor of childhood in a perilous adult world.
Synopsis
In her highly anticipated new novel, Ann-Marie MacDonald takes us back to a postwar world. For eight-year-old Madeleine McCarthy, her family's posting to a quiet air force base near the Canadian-American border is at first welcome, secure as she is in the love of her family, and unaware that her father, Jack, is caught up in his own web of secrets. The early sixties, a time of optimism infused with the excitement of the space race and overshadowed by the menace of the Cold War, is filtered through Madeleine's rich imagination as she draws us into her world.
But the base is host to some intriguing inhabitants, including the unconventional Froehlich family, and the odd Mr. March, whose power over the children is a secret burden that they carry. Then tragedy strikes, and a very local murder intersects with global forces, binding the participants for life. As the tension in the McCarthy household builds, Jack must decide where his loyalties lie, and Madeleine learns about the ambiguity of human morality -- a lesson that will become clear only when the quest for the truth, and the killer, is renewed twenty years later.
About the Author
Novelist and dramatist Ann-Marie MacDonald is the author of the internationally bestselling and award-winning novel
Fall on Your Knees. She is also the playwright of
Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, which won the Governor General's Award for Drama. She lives in Toronto.
Novelist and dramatist Ann-Marie MacDonald is the author of the internationally bestselling and award-winning novel Fall on Your Knees. She is also the playwright of Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, which won the Governor General's Award for Drama. She lives in Toronto.