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"The difficulty lay with the mind accommodating itself to the notion of the plane, with all its weight, defying gravity, staying aloft. She understood the aerodynamics of flight, could comprehend the laws of physics that made flight possible, but her heart, at the moment, would have none of it. Her heart knew the plane could fall out of the sky."

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About Anita Shreve

American novelist and journalist whose bestselling fiction often explored marriage, loss, and moral conflict. She is widely known for The Pilot's Wife and other contemporary literary works.

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