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The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

The Pilot's Wife

by Anita Shreve
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  • Mar 1, 1999, 293 pages
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  • Mar 1999, 293 pages
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Melanie

This book was AMAZING!! I couldn't put it down!
md

amazing
Lauren

Anita Shreve mixes compassion with love, heartache, and curiosity. Truley a page turner than cannot be put down.
dyayasister

This is the first book I have read from Shreve, and I absolutely loved it!! I can't wait to read another one of her books, she keeps you interested from cover to cover. A great book to curl up with a blanket and a cup of coffee, and ENJOY!!
Julie M

A Pilots Wife was an amazing tale of a woman’s struggle with death. It was such a spectacular book. Kathryn, the main character in the story, was so strong and it was empowering to see how she dealt with everything once her life changed forever. Everyone should read this book, it makes you appreciate what you have in your everyday life.
Tammy Adkison

The suspense keeps you reading. I never wanted to put the book down. Kathern was a strong women to go to London.
liezle

A newbie reviews
I'm not usually a fan of Oprah's Book Club, but I'm starting to be a fan Anita Shreve since I read Fortune's Rocks which I got at a used books store. In Pilot's Wife, the subtle building romance between Richard and Katherine is what I found most appealing rather than the relationship with her husband even in the flashbacks. It is not an integral part of the major plot, but the chemistry between them is obvious from the moment Richard knocked on Katherine's door.
Nicole

Nicole, 14
I really enjoyed this book, but some bits were confusing. Surely Jack would have slipped up some time in the four and a half years he was married to Muire. They kept on talking about whether or not he was guilty of the bomb on the plane, and they eventually reached the conclusion <<edited for potential plot spoiler content>>. I thought the way Shreve used descriptive language was amazing, but the reaction of Kathryn wasn't as accurate as it probably would have been in real life. If i found out my husband had married someone else 4 and a half years earlier and went on to have a family with her, i'd probably flip. Over all i really enjoyed reading it, it was the first book i've read of Anita Shreve's and i've already read another one!

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