Leaving Earth was Helen Humphreys's debut, and it brought the beauty of her poetry into the story of two women's love of flight and dream to excel, even if it took all their courage and strength and even their lives. Novice flyer Willa joins Grace, heroine of the skies, in what becomes an intimate journey of friendship. Yet the clouds that gather above are echoed by lurking dangers below for Maddy, a young fan of Grace's, and her Jewish mother and uncle. Anti-Semitism is spreading. Maddy's mother, a true fortune-teller, is beat up by thugs, and the swirl of events reverberates on earth and sky.

Author: Helen Humphreys
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/01/2005
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.56w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780393326758
Revised Edition


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 04/01/2005 pg. 79

About the Author
Humphreys, Helen: - Helen Humphreys, a poet and novelist, is the author of The Lost Garden, Afterimage, Leaving Earth, and Coventry. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.