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Flight Risk
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rebecca Mozo
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
A woman is forced to face her past in a heartbreaking and triumphant novel of old wounds and family secrets by award-winning author Joy Castro.
Isabel Morales is a successful Chicago sculptor hiding a brutal family history - one not even her husband knows. After decades of turning her back on her past, she’s forced to return to Appalachia when she receives news of her estranged mother’s death.
But going back means revisiting the traumatic childhood she escaped - and the family that cast her out when she needed them most. Back on the land she has inherited, she’s flooded with memories of the forest where she once roamed free, of her beloved lost brother, and of the old house in the West Virginia hills where she grew up. Her mother has left her another legacy, too, which reveals secrets that Isabel is only beginning to understand.
As forces bear down and threaten to take what she has left, it’s time for Isabel to step into her power, reclaim her roots, and finally confront the painful memories that have kept her from the life she truly wants.
Critic reviews
“…the characters and emotions portrayed make this well worth reading.”—Booklist
“In Flight Risk, [Castro] does an excellent job at balancing the ambiguity of her characters’ choices, while challenging readers’ expectations. Raised in West Virginia, she shows her insider knowledge in the concerns and interactions of the characters.”—Los Angeles Review of Books
“Joy Castro’s writing is like watching an Acapulco cliff diver. It takes my breath away every time.”—Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street
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- Kim E Lafferty
- 12-02-22
Excellent and evocative story
Loved the narration of this book and the plot line was very clever. The flashback sequences worked well and revealed the story in superb style.
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- johanna
- 13-12-21
Moving
Thought I would hate this book however it is so moving in every aspect that I was close to tears all the time. I loved it's humanity
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