Bride flight
By: Marieke van der Pol ; translated from the Dutch by Colleen Higgins
Contributors: Higgins, Colleen
Edition: Paperback ed.
Publisher: Portobello Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9781846271731
Subjects: London to Christchurch Air Race; Fiction; Fiancées; Dutch; Emigration and immigration; Transcontinental flights
Work titles: Bruidsvlucht
Description: "It is 1953, and the last great transcontinental air race from London to Christchurch is about to begin, but even before the KLM plane has left the runway, it has already become famous as the 'bride flight' for its cargo of brides-to-be flying out to join their fiancés on the other side of the world. Among them are Ada, Marjorie and Esther, who all have their own reasons for wanting to leave the past behind and make a fresh start. And then there's Frank, a charismatic bachelor with big dreams for the future, whose path will continue to cross with each of the women as they build very different lives for themselves in New Zealand. It is only when they meet again, years later at Frank's funeral, that the three women realize just how tightly their lives have been bound together by what happened on that fateful voyage."--P. [4] of cover.