The Woman with Wings - Softcover

James MacManus

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96 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911445766 ISBN 13: 9781911445760

Publisher: Endeavour Quill, 2019

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In this heart-warming tale of female empowerment, a young woman comes to terms with the revelation that she may be able to fly.

Alison Spedding is a loner; no real friends, no boyfriend and a job in which she goes unnoticed. At thirty-two, her only passion is birdwatching.

One afternoon, high on a Scottish mountain, earnestly waiting for the rarest of sights a white tailed eagle returning to its nest she slips, falling silently. In shock, her fellow twitchers return to the hostel to raise the alarm, heavy with the realisation that she must be dead. What they find shocks them even more. Alison is already there, alive and unscathed...

Further similar episodes cause Alison s grip on reality to slip, her mind spiralling towards breaking point. In her dreams she sees a huge shadow on the ground, as if there was a creature above her, a creature with huge wings...

Her infatuated colleague Jed is concerned. Can he intervene before Alison finally loses control?

This is an extraordinary novel, exploring one woman s identity whilst posing universal questions: Who is she? Where does she belong? And must she accept her fate, or can she spread her wings and be free at last?

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Review:

In this gripping tale of female empowerment, James MacManus has created an intriguing heroine of our times. Beneath her big open heart, Alison Spedding conceals a mystery that will tantalise readers and lead to a breathtaking denouement... --Karen Robinson, Editor of the Sunday Times Book Club

About the Author:

James MacManus is the Managing Director of the Times Literary Supplement and the author of six books. After a lifelong career as a journalist, which included many years as a foreign correspondent in Africa and the Middle East, James launched a parallel career as an author in 2005. His historical fiction novels, the last two set around WWII, have won praise from critics in the UK and the US, especially for the quality of the research and the narrative strength of the stories.

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