Fly Away Home - Hardcover

Kelman, Judith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553101935 ISBN 13: 9780553101935

Publisher: Bantam, 1996

Synopsis

Everyone on Rand's Island swore Eva Haskel was crazy. Ever since the well-publicized, unsolved kidnapping of her baby, she was a tragic figure on the tiny island off the Connecticut coast, wildly mourning the child who mysteriously vanished six long years ago. Then a shocking twist of fate and a very determined young woman enter Eva's dark world to bring her son home at last....
Bethany Logan, a spirited teacher at a private boys' school in New Hampshire, teaches children with learning disabilities. All of her students adore her...except for one: Pip Stafford, a moody troublemaker and son of the school headmaster. Determined to solve Pip's behavior problems, Bethany delves deep into his files and discovers a clue to the boy's true identity. Now, determined to right the wrongs of a heinous crime, Bethany takes Pip to isolated Rand's Island. But her effort to put the past behind them rapidly escalates into terror, drawing Bethany deep into a world of madness, as she learns not only the danger of digging up the past, but that the present holds no escape from her own darkest fears and tragic memories.

About this title

About the Author:

With more than 2 million copies of her books in print, Judith Kelman is a master of psychological suspense. Her novels include Where Shadows Fall (1987), While Angels Sleep (1988), Hush Little Darlings (1989), Someone’s Watching (1991), The House on the Hill (1992), If I Should Die (1993), One Last Kiss (1994), Prime Evil (1995), More Than You Know (1996), Fly Away Home (1998), and After the Fall (1999). Judith Kelman lives with her husband in New York City.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Not to be confused with the identically titled kids' movie currently in the theaters, this tale is a loopy, amusing first hardcover suspenser from women-in-perilist Kelman, author of ten mass-market originals (One Last Kiss, etc.). Did Adam Stafford II, the exquisitely handsome director of an elite New Hampshire boys' boarding school, actually father the spoiled, troublesome brat he calls his son? Bethany Logan, a witty, pretty, but sadly unmarried specialist in difficult children, becomes suspicious when Pip, whom she teaches at the school, and his widower father prove to be unusually secretive about their past. Bethany ransacks the director's files and finds clues pointing to an unsolved cradle-snatching that occurred on a gloomy island off the Connecticut coast. Similar birth dates and appearances, and a nosy neighbor's computer wizardry, persuade Bethany that Pip Stafford is the missing Ethan Haskel, whose disappearance at the age of two nudged his wealthy mother, Eva, into madness. Frustrated by incompetent law enforcement types, Bethany finds her maternal hysteria going into overdrive: She vows to return Pip/Ethan to his biological parents. This sets off a predictable chase that turns creepy as the Haskel clan's inbred eccentricities, mildewed surroundings, and vile gothic secrets set Bethany wondering what it is about childbirth that turns apparently normal women into crazy moms. Would Pip/Ethan be better off with his possibly criminal, but mentally stable, adopted dad? If so, how can Bethany undo the damage she's already caused? Kelman's charming, high-strung heroine succeeds in a giddy, turbulent mix of gothic farce, rustic New England scenery, and cautious concern over the disturbing passions children arouse in their parents. A low-fat bonbon for Susan Isaacs fans. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0553101935
• ISBN 13: 9780553101935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320