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The pilot's daughter : a novel / Meredith Jaeger.

Jaeger, Meredith, (author.).

Summary:

"In the final months of World War II, San Francisco newspaper secretary Ellie Morgan should be planning her wedding and subsequent exit from the newsroom into domestic life. Instead, Ellie, who harbors dreams of having her own column, is using all the skills she's learned as a would-be reporter to try to uncover any scrap of evidence that her missing pilot father is still alive. But when she discovers a stack of love letters from a woman who is not her mother in his possessions, her already fragile world goes into a tailspin, and she vows to find out the truth about the father she loves-and the woman who loved him back. When Ellie arrives on her aunt Iris's doorstep, clutching a stack of letters and uttering a name Iris hasn't heard in decades, Iris is terrified. She's hidden her past as a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl from her family, and her experiences in New York City in the 1920s could reveal much more than the origin of her brother-in-law's alleged affair. Iris's heady days in the spotlight weren't enough to outshine the darker underbelly of Jazz Age New York, and she's spent the past twenty years believing that her actions in those days led to murder. Together the two women embark on a cross-country mission to find the truth in the City That Never Sleeps, a journey that just might shatter everything they thought they knew-not only about the past but about their own futures. Inspired by a true Jazz Age murder cold case that captivated the nation, and the fact that more than 72,000 Americans still remain unaccounted for from World War II, The Pilot's Daughter is a page-turning exploration of the stories we tell ourselves and of how well we can truly know those we love"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593185896
  • ISBN: 0593185897
  • Physical Description: 339 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: [New York] : Dutton, 2021.
Subject: Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Riverside Regional. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Adair County Public Library A F Jaeger (Text) 34029002604725 Fiction Available -
Lebanon-Laclede County Library F Jaeger (Text) 3803787181 Adult Fiction Available -
Marion County Library F JAE (Text) PPL76565 Fiction Available -
Oregon County - Alton Public Library Fic Jae (Text) 3ALTO000325286 Adult Fiction Available -
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