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Flying in Place

By Susan Palwick
Flying in Place by Susan Palwick digital book - Fable

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Once in a while, a first novel arrives like a bolt of lightning, commanding attention with an explosion of power, grace, and light. Flying in Place is such a book. As unflinching as The Lovely Bones, as startling as Beloved, it is a work to bear witness--with bravery and compassion--for the experience of millions of readers and their loved ones.
Emma is twelve, a perfectly normal girl, in a perfectly normal home. With a perfectly normal father...who comes into her bedroom every night in the hours before dawn. Emma will do anything to escape. From the visits. From the bodies. From the breathing. Even go walking on the ceiling--which is where Emma meets Ginny, the sister who died before she was born. Ginny, who knows things. Ginny, who can fly....



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3.5
“Beautifully written story. Made me anxious at parts and broke my heart at others. I enjoyed the supernatural element to it.”
“I honestly finished the entire book in one sitting. I had not known a thing about the story before opening it and it surely took me by surprise. One thing about this book I absolutely can not get over is the characters. Each and every mentioned character had an important role to play and they played it well. I did find it heavily triggering for anyone who experienced any form of molestation or sexual abuse or has ever been gaslighted into believing what ever was happening to them, never was. Nevertheless, the writing of the story and how Susan chose to lead the story was magnificent. As a debut, this is an impressive book and no matter the sadness, anger, restlessness you may feel while reading it, no one can deny the truth behind the story. Just thinking about how there are young women and girls who have to go through something like this makes me sick to the stomach. And as tough as it may been to sit through reading about the pain Emma, Ginny, their mother went through, I would certainly recommend this book to everyone.”

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