$15.99
ISBN-13: 9781402237683
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Sourcebooks Landmark, 4/2010
The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone is releasing in paperback this month. One of my picks for the best books of 2009, it is loaded full of southern exuberance and just sheer fun! The US Government, con men, a dysfunctional family (big time dysfunctional) and an earnest young pilot are all gleefully shaken together with a masterful touch, creating a story that careens along at the pace of an F14 (fast). Just when you think everything is coming under control, look out, the story takes a sharp turn heading full tilt off in another direction. Jack Peregrine assured his daughter Annie she was a flyer right before he ran off into the ferociously stormy night on her 7th birthday leaving the child with an unfamiliar Aunt and the unlikely birthday gift of an airplane. Annie’s Dad was right, she was a flyer. A natural. Annie’s Aunt Sam and Uncle Clark Goode raised her well, giving the abandoned child a house full of love. Annie took Clark’s name. In school when Annie came out onto the track her classmates would sing “Go, Annie, Go, Annie P Goode”! She was made for speed! The naval academy had only one pilot who could fly jets faster, she married him. Speed and cheerful recklessness is not always such a great barometer of husband material. Now Annie is all grown up, an accomplished Naval Aviator ready to break speed records. Two decades have passed, it is Annie’s 28th birthday, and the heavens are again raging, when a call comes from her long absent father. Annie, come to St. Louis, it is a matter of life and death! Does she hare off into the stormy night after her vagabond Dad? What do you think? Before the story ends there will be sunken treasure, frustrated government agents, villains, and a sting to end all stings. Hang onto your hats! It is going to be a bumpy ride! But oh what fun.
Reading is one of my joys. I am grateful publishers have released such a wonderful list of books!
