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008			190423s2019 nyu 000 1 eng d
010			_abl2019012203
020			_a9781496721679
020			_a1496721675
040			_cAJM
050	1	4	_aPS3608.L33 _bL66 2019
082	0	4	_a813/.6 _223
100	1		_aHlad, Alan , _eauthor. _91667
245	1	4	_aThe long flight home / _cAlan Hlad.
250			_aFirst Kensington hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bJohn Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books , _c2019.
300			_a376 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aSubtitle taken from the book jacket cover.
520			_aSeptember 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.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _vFiction. _9624
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships _vFiction. _91668
650		0	_aHoming pigeons _vFiction. _91669
650		0	_aWar stories. _9944
650		0	_aAnimals _xWar use _vFiction. _91670
907			_a.b159716019
942			_2ddc _cBOOK