Flying With a Broken Wing
by Laura Best
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Pub Date Sep 04 2013 | Archive Date Sep 22 2017
Description
Cammie Deveau began life with a few strikes against her. She’s visually impaired, abandoned by her mother at birth, her father was a casualty of the Second World War—and if all that isn’t enough, she’s being raised by her bootlegging aunt. No wonder she dreams of starting a brand new life.
When Cammie learns about a school for blind and visually impaired children she becomes convinced a new life is waiting for her in Halifax, but how will she ever convince her aunt to let her go? With the help of her best friend, they devise a plan to blow up the local moonshiner’s still. But Cammie has not managed to change her luck, and things get worse than she ever imagined.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781771080385 |
| PRICE | CA$12.95 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 211 |
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Featured Reviews
Ruth T, Reviewer
This book is an absolute contender for future classic status, up there with the likes of Polyanna, Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer. It has the same sort of beautiful, heart-wrenching, classic, timeless feel to it. Just an absolutely gorgeous story.
Cammie, born with sight challenges and living with her moonshine selling Aunt Millie, is such a lovely character who I was rooting for right from the beginning. She may have had it tough, but boy is she tougher! And when circumstance throw her together with Evelyn Merry, son of the local violent drunk, you feel like life really begins for the pair of them. Their friendship is one of the most beautiful and heartfelt ever written.
This book is utterly bitter sweet, and had me smiling along with Cammie's eternal optimism and empathy, as well as having tears rolling down my face at how unfair life really can be at times.
This is a must read for men, women & children of all ages.
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