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The Pilot's Wife (Oprah's Book Club)
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Binding: Paperback
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Number Of Pages: 283
Publication Date: March 31, 1999
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Editorial Review:
Oprah Book Club® Selection, March 1999: With five novels to her credit, including the acclaimed The Weight of Water, Anita Shreve now offers a skillfully crafted exploration of the long reach of tragedy in The Pilot's Wife. News of Jack Lyons's fatal crash sends his wife into shock and emotional numbness: Kathryn wished she could manage a coma. Instead, it seemed that quite the opposite had happened: She felt herself to be inside of a private weather system, one in which she was continuously tossed and buffeted by bits of news and information, sometimes chilled by thoughts of what lay immediately ahead, thawed by the kindness of others ... frequently drenched by memories that seemed to have no regard for circumstance or place, and then subjected to the nearly intolerable heat of reporters, photographers and curious on-lookers. It was a weather system with no logic, she had decided, no pattern, no progression, no form. The situation becomes even more dire when the plane's black box is recovered, pinning responsibility for the crash on Jack. In an attempt to clear his name, Kathryn searches for any and all clues to the hours before the flight. Yet each discovery forces her to realize that she didn't know her husband of 16 years at all. Shreve's complex and highly convincing treatment of Kathryn's dilemma, coupled with intriguing minor characters and an expertly paced plot, makes The Pilot's Wife really take off.
Gripping new fiction by the author of "The Weight of Water". Kathryn Lyons' life turns to chaos when her pilot husband is killed in a plane crash. As she struggles with her grief, Kathryn faces shocking revelations about the secrets a man can keep and the actions a woman is willing to take.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Great Book Ruined by the Last Sentence
This book had all the trappings of an excellent summer vacation read. Light enough to not require too much over analyzing, a gripping and suspenseful plot that snagged me from the first page and thought-provoking enough to challenge convention. I was thoroughly sated when the last chapter launched and then the final sentence spoiled it all. It was like someone had pushed me off a cliff. And I even like surprise endings.
Rating:  - The Pilot's Wife Review
I first read Anita Shreve's Body Surfing, and then just had to order another one of her books. Seeing as how The Pilot's Wife was on Oprah's book club, I figured it would be a good read and was yet again surprised by the twists and turns Shreve builds around in her novels. She is an excellent author and I would recommend this book to anybody!!
Rating:  - Please do not read this...
stare at the wall instead. Seriously, that would be much more interesting. You could make up a more entertaining story in your head in 5 minutes. I read this years ago when it first came out, and I still cannot get over how awful it is. Thank god Oprah lost her credibility with me early on. I am sure it has saved me many a wasted hours reading dreck from her book club.
Rating:  - well-written mediocrity
I didn't hate this book, but I certainly didn't enjoy it, either. It starts off with a geniune tragedy, and then keeps widening the tragedy with small doses of revelation. There is a bit of mystery, but you can see the big reveal coming some way off.
In the end you wind up with several emotionally damaged, tragic women, a male antagonist that is completely reprobate, and another male that casually uses women for his own agenda.
I predict this book will end up as a made ... Read More
Rating: - A bit on the boring side...
If you want to know the story, just read the back of the book. It was too heavy on the emotions and slow-moving. Too many side dishes and not enough meat for me.
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