In a world divided into fliers and non-fliers, how far would you go to be able to fly? How much would you sacrifice - perhaps your own child? A beautifully written and compellingly original novel of sacrifice, betrayal and love.
Flight - you'll dream about it.
'She had never seen the sky in all her life before. How high could she fly? What was the limit? She was already so high the earth was no longer real. Only her in the sky. Every spiral pure joy. This was Flight. It was for this she'd risked and endured so much. It had to be worth it.'
The dream of being able to fly is now physical reality but only the rich and powerful can afford the surgery, drugs, and gene manipulation to become fliers. Peri, a poor girl from the regions, will sacrifice anything to get her wings and join this elite but the price is higher than she could have imagined. So why then does she throw it all away?
Feel the exhilaration and terror of flight - over vertiginous skyscrapers, into wild storms and across hypnotic wilderness - in this beautiful and daringly imaginative novel that explores the limits of self- transformation.
By:
Claire Corbett Imprint: Allen & Unwin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 128mm,
Weight: 508g ISBN:9781760297466 ISBN 10: 1760297461 Publication Date:26 April 2017 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Long-listed for Davitt Crime Writer's Award 2012 (Australia)
Short-listed for Barbara Jefferis Award 2012 (Australia)
Short-listed for Ned Kelly Awards 2012 (Australia)