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The long flight home  Cover Image Book Book

The long flight home / Alan Hlad.

Hlad, Alan, (author.).

Summary:

September 1940, as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Since losing her parents as a child, Susan Shepherd has raised homing pigeons with her grandfather, Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan, but none more so than Duchess, with whom she shares a special bond. When a young pilot named Ollie Evans travels 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. Many will not survive. Those that do make the journey home can convey crucial information on German troop movements. The friendship between Ollie and Susan deepens as the mission date draws near. When Ollie's plane is downed behind enemy lines, both know how remote the chances of reunion must be. Yet Duchess's devotion and her singular sense of duty will become an unexpected lifeline.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781496721679
  • ISBN: 1496721675
  • ISBN: 9781496721686
  • ISBN: 1496721683
  • Physical Description: 376 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Kensington hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes reading group guide.
Editions may vary.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 > England > Fiction.
Homing pigeons > War use > Great Britain > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Genre: War fiction.
Romance fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at Sage Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Umatilla County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Athena Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Athena Public Library FIC HLA (Text) 37813000181365 Adult Fiction Available -
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande F Hlad, A (Text) 35178001758021 Adult Fiction Available -
Grant County Library AF HLAD (Text) 37845000591938 Adult Fiction Available -
Hood River County Library FIC HLAD (Text) 33892100623926 Adult Fiction Available -
Ontario Community Library HLAD, Alan (Text) 33330004475051 Adult Fiction Available -
Vale Emma Humphrey Library A FIC HLAD (Text) 37918000278895 Adult Fiction Available -


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