Mary Clark
Biography / Aviation / Historical / WWII
Like the author, I really enjoyed getting to know more about her father through the correspondence she found in the old trunk from the students he taught in the flight school; as well as the treasure trove of old pictures she went through much later with her brother. It was interesting to get some of the details of the different types of planes that were being introduced in that time, and I enjoyed the anecdotes the former students shared about their time with her father. It was like this man was coming alive for me too.
The letters she cobbled together from interviews, imagining they were letters her father would have sent home during his time flying the Hump, were packed with war history that many people don’t know. History books have much more details of battles in the major war fronts, and this fan of history was happy to learn more, as will any other history buff.
The author does a very good job in showing how looking at the past history of our family members can often bring us to a greater understanding of ourselves. And that is certainly what the title of this book, Landing in my Present, means. By sharing the journey that her father took so many years ago was like giving him an imaginary plane to land in her backyard where he would then step out of the plane today. Much like he did in real life at one of the family gatherings.
What the author learned, and experienced, once she got to India and walked the ground where her father had walked was the most touching, and I wish we’d have gotten to that journey sooner in the story. It would have made all the other remembrances that much more interesting and poignant.
Still, I don’t hesitate to recommend this book to all readers, not just history buffs.
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I like that the author made her father come alive for the reader, just as he was coming alive for the author, too. Thanks for the review!
It was my pleasure to do the review.Thanks to you and Lone Star Literary for working so hard to support authors and introduce readers to new stories.
Dear Maryann,
Thank you for such a positive review and I’m very happy you enjoyed getting to know my father, too. The plane was such a central part of my father’s life and it did take the journey to India and China to really understand his attachment. I hope you’re sharing your memories with the next generation. I’m trying.
Mary, I enjoyed getting to know you through the book, too. I recently wrote a book about my mother’s life that is billed as a novel of real life. There are some historical facts in the story, but so much of it became scenes I made up, that it didn’t fit straight biography as a category. I’m working on my memoir – slowly – and that will be something for people after me. Happy writing!