02059cam a2200361 i 4500 26623 26623 sky295338268 SKY 20190802135812.0 190423s2019 nyu 000 1 eng d bl2019012203 9781496721679 1496721675 AJM PS3608.L33 L66 2019 813/.6 23 Hlad, Alan , author. 1667 The long flight home / Alan Hlad. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York : John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books , 2019. 376 pages ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Subtitle taken from the book jacket cover. September 1940, as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Since losing her parents as a child, Susan Shepherd has raised homing pigeons with her grandfather, Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan, but none more so than Duchess, with whom she shares a special bond. When a young pilot named Ollie Evans travels to Britain to join the Royal Air Force, his quest brings him to the National Pigeon Service, where Susan is involved in a new, covert assignment. The mission aims to air-drop hundreds of homing pigeons in German-occupied France. Many will not survive. Those that do make the journey home can convey crucial information on German troop movements. The friendship between Ollie and Susan deepens as the mission date draws near. When Ollie's plane is downed behind enemy lines, both know how remote the chances of reunion must be. Yet Duchess's devotion and her singular sense of duty will become an unexpected lifeline. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. 624 Man-woman relationships Fiction. 1668 Homing pigeons Fiction. 1669 War stories. 944 Animals War use Fiction. 1670 .b159716019 ddc BOOK ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2019-08-02 26.00 8 HLAD 38937 2020-01-17 2020-01-14 2019-08-02 BOOK