Product Description

A heart-warming family drama spanning three generations, with an unforgettable love story at its heart.

When the telegram arrives on a bright sunny day in 1942, Nancy feels sick with dread. But instead of wartime bad news it's from the legendary Jackie Cochran, asking Nancy to fly for Great Britain. For Nancy, a girl with flying in her blood, it's an opportunity she simply can't turn down. But that fateful decision is to trigger a series of events, with consequences that will reverberate through the generations.
In summer 2006, Sarah is at a crossroads in her life when her adored grandmother Nancy asks her to help lay the ghosts of her past to rest. Sarah agrees, little suspecting the long-buried and shocking secrets that will be dragged to the surface.

From the tension of World War Two right up to the present day, this is a sweeping family story that is both moving and unforgettable.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #248027 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages

Review

'A tale of love, family and secrets... The sheer sadness of it all is sometimes overwhelming. A real page turner'

'This is an epic family drama, moving and unforgettable, that you're sure to enjoy!'

About the Author

Amelia Carr grew up in Somerset, where she lives today. She has written numerous short stories for magazines as well as a number of novels under another name. She has a private pilot's licence, which proved extremely useful when she was writing DANCE WITH WINGS.

Customer Reviews

Dance with Wings
`Dance With Wings' continuously and seamlessly moves from past to present gradually revealing how events that unfold and choices that are made by the central character during the 2nd world war impact on their families over the next two generations.
Masterfully narrated through 5 very different characters the story reflects the life changing decisions that reverberate through the years. Secrets that are kept, misconceptions drawn, passions set aside, loyalties unselfishly sustained and love that remains undiminished through the passage of time.
As a group of teachers from a variety of backgrounds cultures and ages, our book club all found parallels drawn from our own lives and the lives of relatives and friends - many of whom were still living with the `consequences' of just such secrets kept hidden within families. We loved the clever weaving from past to present and how each character revealed a new dimension to the widening story; dealing in very different ways with the cards they were dealt.
This book is a real page turner and a great one to curl up with on a blustery afternoon.

A great read and keeps you guessing to the end!
This is a wonderful book about a family saga through the generations. Told by various key characters within the book, the story comes to life through their thoughts, actions and memories.

I particularly like reading about the 2WW period, so this book also gave me further insight into what it was like for pilots in training before going off to war.

The biggest suprise though was that I thought I knew how it was all going to end....it kept me on the edge of my seat and then had a suprisingly different end to what I'd imagined! Brilliant!

I read it in just 3 days and I would recommend this as a great summer read, on the beach or under that sun umbrella! You'll find you really want to know what the 'secret' is, you'll probably shed a small tear, but without a doubt you'll be gripped and be anxious to find out how it all ends!

Flying to please
This is a glorious saga of love and secrets which affect three generations both here in the UK and in the USA. The book is well structured and is spread over there time scales - the present, the 1960s and during the second world war. It is not without flaws: I query the use of the phrase "end of story" which pops up on three occasions, as I do not think this was used until recent times, and when a character searches in his wallet for "notes" with which to pay for a pub lunch for two during the war, I do not think a pub lunch wouldn't have cost more than 3/6p (three shillings and six pence) each in 'old money'. And was 'Bomber' Harris known by this soubriquet at the time of the thousand bomber raids on Dresden? Or was this name given to him much later? But these queries set aside, this is a most commendable story with believable characters. I would recommend this book without reservation.