The Pilot's Wife (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Dog Lover’s request to combine 20 books, including The Pilot's Wife, 11 days ago.

Dog Lover submitted a request to combine 20 books, including The Pilot's Wife, 11 days ago.

Dog Lover edited the series of The Pilot's Wife 11 days ago.

• Added this book in the series: Oprah's Book Club (Primary series)

Timothy Gray approved AndrewTheLott’s request to change the title of The Pilot's Wife Sunday, October 4 2009.

AndrewTheLott changed the title of The Pilot's Wife Thursday, October 1 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Pilot's Wife Friday, July 31 2009.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Pilot's Wife Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Anita Shreve:

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Pilot's Wife Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Anita Shreve: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Pilot's Wife Thursday, July 16 2009.

• SHE HEARD A KNOCKING, AND THEN A DOG BARKING.