On Wings of the Morning [Paperback]

Marie Bostwick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2007

In "On Wings Of The Morning", Marie Bostwick picks up the story from "Fields Of Gold", returning to the fictional town of Dillon, Oklahoma. Morgan Glennon, illegitimate son of Eva Glennon and Charles Lindbergh, is unaware of his famous father's identity as he unwiiingly follows his footsteps to a career in aviation.Handsome and intelligent, he effortlessly draws others to him, in particular georgia Carter, a beautiful divorcee. Their relationship forces her to confront her fears about love, as well as the more immediate dangers they face during the war. Through this remarkable couple, Marie Bostwick explores a tumultuous, challenging time in a beautiful written, uniquely American novel.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This solid WWII-era romance from Bostwick (Fields of Gold) puts two self-reliant pilots, both of whom nurse childhoods hurts, on the same flight path. Oklahoma-born Morgan Glennon never met his father, a barnstormer who swept his mother off her feet before disappearing back into the sky; after Pearl Harbor, Morgan's dreams of flying take him straight from his freshman year at the University of Oklahoma into enlistment. Georgia Carter, 18, from the cracker part of Florida, far from the beach and the daughter of an erratic mother, takes a job at a diner near a Waukegan, Ill., airport, trying to get airtime to quell her flying jones (not easy as a woman). These two lives are very differently affected by WWII, and as the narrative moves back and forth between them, readers will wait for fate to bring them together. Bostwick fills out their destinies satisfyingly and delivers tempting brushes with intimacy at all the right moments before the end-of-war denouement. (Nov.)
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Product Details

• Paperback: 374 pages
• Publisher: Kensington Books (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758222564
• ISBN-13: 978-0758222565
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born and raised in the Northwest, but since I married the love of my life twenty-five years ago, I've had eighteen addresses in eight U.S. states and two Mexican cities. My husband and I have three wonderful sons, two of whom are grown and gone. I've been writing for about twelve years. My first novel, FIELDS OF GOLD, came out in 2005 and was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award for fiction and the RT Bookclub Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical Saga. My second book, RIVER'S EDGE, has been chosen for the Literary Guild catalog for October of 2006.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On Wings of the Morning delights and inspires!, October 31, 2007

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Judy Matthews "ikanu" (Terryville, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Wings of the Morning (Paperback)

What a wonderful way to tell a story! We're given two main characters to follow through the years of 1933 to 1975. Each narrates his/her own story, switching back and forth from chapter to chapter. Morgan and Georgia emerged from completely different backgrounds, yet shared a single passion. The passion of flight, so exquisitely expressed by Marie, that the reader is transported to the sky. At once a heartfelt and visual experience, it is impossible to not become fully invested in the lives of these two individuals as they fledge toward a relationship.
Although the book takes place during World War II and carries with it much historical content, it is so much more than just historical fiction. Marie has developed a variety of secondary characters, with colorful personalities. In doing so, she has livened up the mix, and given us the opportunity to feel a multitude of emotions toward everyone in the story. There are those that are sadly comical, the ones you love to hate, and those that have struggled through hardship and can only be an inspiration. This book had me both crying and laughing outright.
Wings of the Morning can be read simply, as an easy-flowing love story, or as an example of patriotism and the recognition of the women of the WASPs, or if you are so inclined, delve deeply, and delight in the spiritual side of the story, consider such intriguing topics as Nature vs Nurture. But most of all, enjoy what Marie so capably brings to the mind's eye.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Picker-Upper ..., February 22, 2008

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Busy Mom (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Wings of the Morning (Paperback)

This book really ought to come with a warning. Seriously. Maybe not on the front cover as it would mar the pretty cover but on the first page there should be a warning label done in cheerful yellow stating that once you pick this book up, you will not be able to put it back down till the last page has been turned.

Ok, so no cheerful yellow label. But that's my warning.

I have read all of Bostwick's books and I have fallen in love with every single one of them, this one being no exeception. This one is Morgan's story. Morgan is Eva's son who was born with a heart of gold and a desire to fly the skies like his father did. Only, he never knew the deep dark secret of his life till later. And that secret ironically saved his life.

And this is Georgia's story as well. An illegimate daughter of a woman who relies on her looks to attract men, Georgia never knew where her dreams would take her till she saw Lindbergh's plane leaving the Chicago airport when she was a child. Her dreams soared to the skies and she became one of the few elite who joined the WASPs in WWII. Though attractive and pretty, the young widow refused all offers of male companionships till she met Morgan. Even then, she had a hard time resisting his natural charms.

This is a lovely love story and one that will take your heart soaring through the skies with their dreams. It is inspirational and beautifully written. It is a keeper in anyone's library. As this reader can testify, you won't regret reading this one.

2/22/08

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On Wings of the Morning, November 6, 2007

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Patricia A. Rustenburg (Dayton, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Wings of the Morning (Paperback)

Bostwick's novels are historical fiction love stories that feature dedicated,strong women who successfully overcome life's hardships and setbacks to achieve their goals. WINGS tells the story of the Women's Air Service Pilots (WASP); an organization of brave women who helped win World War II, and about which too little is known. This book will go a long way to making that history better known. One of the main characters is Georgia, one of these pilots. Readers will cheer her as she succeeds in her life's desire to become a pilot.

Readers who are looking for books that are inspiring, uplifting, soul satisfying, and that celebrates the virtues of honor, duty, dedication, and love that endures, buy books written by Bostwick. You will not be disappointed. Fans of Jan Karon will fall in love with Marie Bostwick.