Aloft
By: Chang-rae Lee
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781573222631
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Middle class men; Suburban life; Parent and adult child; Middle-aged men; Air pilots; Fiction
Description: "Aloft offers a reexamination of the American dream from the inside out, through the voice of Jerry Battle, a suburban middle-aged man who has lived his entire life on Long Island, New York." "Battle's favorite diversion is to fly his small plane solo; slipping away for quick flights over the Island or to the coastal towns of New England, Jerry has been disappearing for years. Then a family crisis occurs, and Jerry finds he must face his disengagement in his relationships: with his deceased wife, the circumstances of whose death he has never fully accepted; with his former girlfriend, whom he still longs for; with his daughter, who refuses to address the disease that threatens her life; with his son, who is in danger of losing the family business; and with his father, whom he has placed in a nursing home."--BOOK JACKET.