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The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Long Flight Home about?
A USA Today Bestseller Inspired by fascinating, true, yet little-known events during World War II, The Long Flight Home is a testament to the power of courage in our darkest hours#8212;a moving, masterfully written story of love and sacrifice. It is September 1940#8212;a year into the war#8212;and as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around the Epping Forest home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. After losing her parents to influenza as a child, Susan found comfort in raising homing pigeons with Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan#8212;loyal, intelligent, beautiful#8212;but none more so than Duchess. Hatched from an egg that Susan incubated in a bowl under her grandfather's desk lamp, Duchess shares a special bond with Susan and an unusual curiosity about the human world. Thousands of miles away in Buxton, Maine, young crop-duster pilot Ollie Evans decides to join Britain's Royal Air Force. His quest brings him to Epping and the National Pigeon Service, where Susan is involved in a new, covert mission to air-drop hundreds of homing pigeons in German-occupied France. Many will not survive
Who reads The Long Flight Home?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Alan Hlad
- Publisher
- A John Scognamiglio Book
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781496721693
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (2,671 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14