description: Being a solo flyer made sense to Jerry Battle right from the start. For his 56th birthday, his longtime (and recently ex-) girlfriend Rita Reyes had given him a gift certificate for a flying lesson. Once Jerry was up there he thought everything looked perfect.But everything isn't perfect and for such a nice guy, Jerry could wreak an amazing amount of havoc ...Life is about to deal Jerry Battle his toughest hand yet. With his ailing father yearning to flee his Care Centre and his son teetering on bankruptcy, and, for once, no woman in his life to rely on, Jerry's daughter is about to bestow on him a father's worst nightmare. But maybe Jerry Battle needs to finally work out what it is that separates him from his loved ones and be tugged back to earth to engage with his family.
language: English
title: Aloft
titlecomplete: Aloft
genres: Fiction, Family, American, Book Club, Literature, Adult, Asian Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 2609
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
category: Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Long Island Reads
publisher: BLOOMSBURY