[stylist] question about book

[Aziza C]

No problem. Have fun reading.

On 3/17/09, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
> Thanks Azizza.  I'm ordering it from the Library of Congress today.  Judith
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> Hi Judith,
> Here's a little info on the book...
> Night Over Water is a politically-minded novel written by author Ken
> Follett and published by William Morrow in 1991. It was reprinted as a
> paperback book in the U.S. in 1992.
> Night Over Water is a fictionalized account of the final flight of the
> Pan American Clipper passenger airplane during the first few days of
> World War II, early September, 1939. Follett is careful to state that,
> though the flight and all of the characters are fictional the plane, a
> Boeing 314, was real and was nicknamed the "Pan Am Clipper." It was a
> sea-plane, an aircraft that landed in the sea, not on an airstrip,
> powered by 4 propeller engines. It was capable of crossing the
> Atlantic Ocean in little more than 24 hours with intermediate stops in
> Shannon Estuary at Foynes, Ireland, Bay of Exploits at Botwood,
> Newfoundland and Shediac Bay, Canada, at each of which stop Follett
> adds a scene or two of intrigue. This route made the Pan Am Clipper
> the fastest mode of transatlantic travel at the time — and very
> appealing to those who wanted to escape from Britain before the start
> of the war.
> The tale begins with several separated threads, telling the individual
> stories of the people who later all end up in this last flight to New
> York. Though Follett manages to bundle all these together, the events
> the characters share while travelling with the clipper are still told
> through the perspectives introduced before. Each of these main
> characters is heading for his own interests in the beginning but soon
> they melt together.
> The theme is the importance of recognizing the threat of
> totalitarianism and also a feminist message of women standing up for
> themselves.
>
> I enjoied it a lot.
> *smiles*
> Aziza
>
> On 3/16/09, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
>> Azizza, What was the title and author of the book?
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>> From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
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>>> Hi Judith,
>>> I read one where there were several story lines to follow until about
>>> half way through the book everyone sort of came together.
>>> You couldn't quite figure everything out until the very last few
>>> chapters though. It was a little confusing, but riviting nonetheless.
>>> Aziza
>>>
>>> On 3/16/09, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi all, Did anyone ever hear a book on tape that began with two plots
>>>> and
>>>> eventually the plot and characters from each section were merged into
>>>> one?
>>>> Thanks, Judith
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