The Opposite of Falling - Softcover

Rooney, Jennie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0701182687 ISBN 13: 9780701182687

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 2010

Synopsis

At Niagara Falls, one of the attractions is a red and blue striped hot air balloon offering rides over the rushing water. The balloon is a day job for Toby O'Hara, a young man whose night work is to continue to perfect his father's design for a flying machine.

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Review:

`Confirms that she's a writer to watch' -- Bella

`This is poignant, quirky and delightfully original' -- Woman and home

"This is poignant, quirky and delightfully original" --Woman and Home

"Rooney writes beautifully and has some clever ideas" --The Daily Mail

"A fun read, the novel's charm lies in its quirky humour" --The Sunday Times

`A breathtaking, uplifting novel'
--The Scotsman

`a big-hearted paean to the adventure of discovering love ... such a joy'. --The Metro

'It's a fine, funny, unfussy novel that pays overdue tribute to those magnificent women in their flying machines'. --The Guardian

`As effortlessly as Proust or Forster, she incorporates unexpected aperçus'. --The Independent

"this is an assured second novel - and wonderful company for that long-overdue summer trip"
--Press Association

Book Description:

Costa-shortlisted author Jennie Rooney takes her readers back to the first giddying days of human flight in her much-anticipated follow-up to bittersweet wartime love story Inside the Whale

About this edition

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0701182687
• ISBN 13: 9780701182687
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272