Blackbirds

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781927063224

&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;<p>When young&#10;Sharon Lacey travels from Canada to England in the spring of 1940 in search of&#10;the father she never knew, she finds herself called upon to participate in a&#10;much larger and more dangerous mission. For at eighteen, she is a gifted flier&#10;in an England desperate for pilots to fend off the impending attack from&#10;Hitler&#8217;s Luftwaffe. In the months that follow, Sharon will be tested in ways&#10;that will affect the rest of her life&#8212;should she survive.</p><p>With&#10;<i>Blackbirds</i>, award-winning mystery novelist Garry Ryan&#10;turns his hand towards historical fiction, vividly evoking the fear and&#10;uncertainty of wartime England, as well as the spirit of camaraderie and&#10;adventure shared by the men&#8212;and women&#8212;who stepped forward to defend&#10;it.</p>&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;<p>When young&#10;Sharon Lacey travels from Canada to England in the spring of 1940 in search of&#10;the father she never knew, she finds herself called upon to participate in a&#10;much larger and more dangerous mission. For at eighteen, she is a gifted flier&#10;in an England desperate for pilots to fend off the impending attack from&#10;Hitler&#8217;s Luftwaffe. In the months that follow, Sharon will be tested in ways&#10;that will affect the rest of her life&#8212;should she survive.</p><p>With&#10;<i>Blackbirds</i>, award-winning mystery novelist Garry Ryan&#10;turns his hand towards historical fiction, vividly evoking the fear and&#10;uncertainty of wartime England, as well as the spirit of camaraderie and&#10;adventure shared by the men&#8212;and women&#8212;who stepped forward to defend&#10;it.</p>&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;