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How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly

How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly

by Connie May Fowler (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

    $24.32
Synopsis

How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly is the transcendent story of a young woman who, in a twenty-four hour period, journeys through startling moments of self-discovery that lead her to a courageous and life-altering decision.

$24.32

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10 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 06 Oct 2011
ISBN 10: 0446540692
ISBN 13: 9780446540698
Book Overview: Connie May Fowler's story of a woman's journey of self-discovery now available in Trade Paperback

Media Reviews
In this novel by best-selling author Fowler (The Problem with Murmur Lee), past and present lives collide in magical and violent ways with surprising, liberating, and redeeming results. The colorful characters include an almost-angel, carnival dwarves, and anthropomorphic animals, and the result is folksy and sophisticated, and humorous yet at times grave and appalling, with the sins of the past clearly depicted. VERDICT A seductive and thoroughly satisfying read. --Library Journal
In this magical, funny, at times heartbreaking book, Connie May Fowler has shown us that even a house fly can have a point of view. Compact and enchanting, yet achingly dark, it reminds me of the novels of Alice McDermott and Alice Hoffman that I love to read. Now Fowler gives us a mid-summer's night dream of her own!

-Mary Morris, author of Revenge


A huge-hearted, ebullient novel about ghosts, tragedy, love, redemption and one extraordinary woman's wild ride to self-discovery. Blazingly original, the remarkable Fowler breaks your heart, makes you believe in love, and whispers unbreakable truths about who we are really meant to be.

-Caroline Leavitt, author of Girls in Trouble

Author Bio
Connie May Fowler is an essayist, screenwriter, and novelist. She is the author of five novels, most recently The Problem with Murmur Lee, and a memoir, When Katie Wakes. In 1996, she published Before Women Had Wings, which became a paperback bestseller and was made into a successful Oprah Winfrey Presents movie