But then she went to london and met the other woman and let her walk all over her. It is preceded by fortunes rocks and sea glass the novel was chosen as an oprahs book club selection for march 1999 plot summary. After her pilot husband s plane blows up off the coast of ireland, kathryn discovers bit by bit how little she knew jack lyons. The loss is then compounded with new angles as the story twists and turns making you. The time travelers wife, gone girl, the silent wife, and now the pilots wife. It was pretty short and i got through it very quickly. News of jack lyonss fatal crash sends his wife into shock and emotional numbness.
The pilots wife is an amazing and poignant book which gripped me from beginning to end. From the moment kathryn lyons answers the latenight knock at her door, she and the reader are set upon a course that eventually reveals that the life kathryn thought was one way was really. Shreve deftly portrays the grief and confusion felt by a widow who learns of her late husbands bigamy. The pilot s wife was a very engrossing novel with welldeveloped, realistic characters. The pilots wife is an amazing and poignant book which gripped me.
Anita shreve s novel will leave you wondering just how much you do know about the people closest to you. Muire boland is an attractive young woman and the mother of two children. Anita shreves novel will leave you wondering just how much you do know about the people closest to you. Pilate s wife has appeared in a number of poems, novels, and plays in the modern period. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Anita shreve is also the author of the acclaimed novels eden close, strange fits of passion, where or when, and resistance. She starts however to uncover information which leads to her arrival in london for further investigation. The plot moves gently, sadly, allowing kathryns various feelings of anger, guilt, and betrayal to come forth for examination, but what stays with me, above all else, is the understated and lovely romance that is present from the start between the grieving wife and the chief investigator. Aemilia lanyer s volume of poems salve deus rex judaeorum 1611 contains a poem of the same title, in which pilate s wife is the main speaker. From the moment kathryn lyons answers the latenight knock at her door, she and the reader are set upon a course that eventually reveals that the life kathryn thought was one way was really another.
While the book was no means a literary sensation or even highly acclaimed by critics, it did gain wide readership by virtue of being chosen as an oprahs book club selection for march 1999. The novel was chosen as an oprahs book club selection for march 1999. It is chronologically the third novel in shreves informal trilogy to be set in a large beach house on the new hampshire coast that used to be a convent. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the pilots wife by anita shreve. Kathryn is distraught at the news of her husbands death. Kathryns world collapses when she is woken up in the middle of a night by an airline official who tells her that her pilot husband has died in a plane crash. Shreve is at work on a novel the pilots wife, to be published by little, brown in may 1998. Kathryn is awakened only to be told that her husbands plane has crashed off the coast of malin head, ireland. But when kathryn lyons receives word that a plane flown by her husband, jack, has exploded near the coast of ireland, she. In later tradition, she becomes known as procula latin.
Until now, kathryn lyonss life has been peaceful if unextraordinary. Synopsis kathryn and her teenage daughter mattie are stunned when their husband and father, pilot jack lyons, perishes when his plane explodes over the irish sea. A facetoface follows between the legal wife, kathryn of boston by whom he had one child, and the other woman, muire, who lives in england with their two children. I usually read at night, yet i found it hard to read this particular book right before going to sleep. Truthfully, i didnt like very much about the pilots wife. This study guide consists of approximately pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the pilots wife. She was a former flight attendant and thats how she met jack. Shreve is an expert at accurately portraying the first few days after losing someone. Reading anita shreves novel the pilot s wife is like unraveling a thread. I first read anita shreves popular novel, the pilots wife, shortly after it was published in 1998.
But when kathryn lyons receives word that a plan flown by her husband, jack, has exploded near the coast of ireland, she confronts the unfathomableone startling revelation at a time. The pilots wife book hennepin county library bibliocommons. The pilot s wife is a fascinating chronicle of love, deception, and the consequences of deception. It is uncertain whether pilate was actually married, although it is likely. While the book was no means a literary sensation or even highly acclaimed by critics, it did gain wide readership by virtue of being chosen as an oprahs book club selection for. The pilots wife is a good example of a book that screams to be made into a tv movie, and then, once made, screams in horror, or at least in embarrassment, at the result. The pilots wife, like most of shreves novels, tips toward the pensive side of the narrative scale.
Though sacrificing depth and credibility for speed, shreves sixth the weight of water, 1997, etc. The relationship had been going on for several years. A woman has to continue her life after her husbands death. Kathryn is distraught at the news of her husbands death delivered by a stranger from the airline for whom he was a pilot. The pilots wife was a haunting, yet realistic tale. The main characters grief felt so real, and i cared for her.
Post 50 notable works of fiction 2017 from the new york times bestselling author of the weight of water and the pilots wife an more. I wanted to like this, have been wanting to read it since oprah chose it for her book club in march 1999, and i was thrilled to find it at a used book. Apr 14, 2002 the pilots wife is a drama film directed by robert markowitz and starring christine lahti, campbell scott and alison cambell. As a pilots wife, kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone, but nothing has prepared her for a latenight knock that lets her know her husband has. I was visiting my parents last weekend and picked this off of the top of a stack in their laundry room. The story simply pulls you along on a diverting journey with some unexpected plot twists toboot. Kathryn is married to jack, a pilot on the bostonlondon run. With christine lahti, campbell scott, alison pill, kirsty mitchell. After her pilot husbands plane blows up off the coast of ireland, kathryn discovers bit by bit how little she knew jack lyons. A pilots wife is taught to be prepared for the latenight knock at the door. The plot and ordeal is of tragedy you really feel for kathryn and mattie.
The pilots wife book chicago public library bibliocommons. I will admit that the story line was somewhat disturbing, yet in a good way. Kathryn, the pilot s wife, is the most dynamic character, moving from a kind of complacency through grief to. I wanted to like this, have been wanting to read it since oprah chose it for her book club in march 1999, and i was thrilled to find it at a used book sale someplace. Jun 30, 20 the pilots wife is a drama film directed by robert markowitz and starring christine lahti, campbell scott and alison cambell. Immediately download the the pilots wife summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for. Unintentionally my small collection on goodreads has a very common theme. Pontius pilates wife is the unnamed spouse of pontius pilate, who appears only once in the gospel of matthew, where she intercedes with pilate on jesus behalf. The story itself was quite haunting and revolved around the tragic inflight death of kathryn lyons husband, jack, who was supposedly piloting the plane, when it suddenly disappeared from the radar screen near the coast of. How well to any of us really know the other people in our lives and how would we react when faced with the results of another persons actions. Out of the three recently read the pilots wife is certainly my favorite. Aug 12, 2016 i first read anita shreves popular novel, the pilots wife, shortly after it was published in 1998. The pilot s wife once you read the pilots wife by anita shreve you are sure to feel the same as i do.
The protagonist, kathryn lyons, is the pilot s wife of the title, and. The loss is then compounded with new angles as the story twists and turns making you question character loyalties. The time travelers wife, gone girl, the silent wife, and now the pilot s wife. The synopsis below may give away important plot points. Books similar to the pilots wife meet your next favorite book. From the moment kathryn lyons answers the latenight knock at her door, she and the. The wife of a pilot learns that her husbands plane. Recommended to book clubs by 1 of 1 members a pilots wife is taught to be prepared for the latenight knock at the door. The story itself was quite haunting and revolved around the tragic inflight death of kathryn lyons husband, jack, who was supposedly piloting the plane, when it suddenly disappeared from the radar screen near the coast of ireland. To create both sympathetic characters and an enticing plot is no small feat, but shreve does it.
Who can guess what a woman will do when the unthinkable becomes her reality. Reading anita shreve s novel the pilot s wife is like unraveling a thread. The pilots wife was a very engrossing novel with welldeveloped, realistic characters. Though sacrificing depth and credibility for speed, shreve s sixth the weight of water, 1997, etc. The book seemed slow going at first, but in the end, your patience will be awarded. Immediately download the the pilots wife summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching the pilots wife. It was released in 2002 and is based on the book of the same name by anita shreve. As a pilots wife, kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone, but nothing has prepared her for a latenight knock that lets her know her husband. To create both sympathetic characters and an enticing plot is no small feat, but shreve does it seamlessly. Anita shreves the pilots wife immediately caught my attention and left me unable to set the book down until the very last page.
She tells a stunned kathryn that the children are jacks and she was jacks wife. The pilots wife once you read the pilots wife by anita shreve you are sure to feel the same as i do. The pilots wife book whatcom county library system. Her book the wave of the future was an instant best seller and an irresistible target for f. Shreves prose tends to be gentle and informative, and the sea, particularly in this novel, which includes the same remarkable beach house as fortunes rock and sea glass, is as much a character as her protagonists. I would find it hard to understand how anyone could fail to want to. Kathryn points out that she is jacks legal wife but muire doesnt care. Book description little brown and company 561998, 1998. The pilots wife by anita shreve reading guidebook club. With the heartfelt journey taken throughout the story and shreves intelligence the pilots wife is by far my favorite novel that i have ever read. The 1998 novel the pilot s wife by anita shreve has a plot structure that revolves around the mystery of a plane crash.
Shreve is at work on a novel the pilot s wife, to be published by little, brown in may 1998. Out of the three recently read the pilot s wife is certainly my favorite. Reading anita shreves novel the pilots wife is like unraveling a thread. Kathryn is distraught at the news of her husband s death delivered by a stranger from the airline for whom he was a pilot. As a pilots wife, kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone, but nothing has. With five novels to her credit, including the acclaimed the weight of water, anita shreve now offers a skillfully crafted exploration of the long reach of tragedy in the pilots wife. I felt the story ended short with only a glimpse of kathryn reconciling her future. The 1998 novel the pilots wife by anita shreve has a plot structure that revolves around the mystery of a plane crash. First, she faces a media frenzy when the flight recorder makes clear that jack was. The pilots wife is a drama film directed by robert markowitz and starring christine lahti, campbell scott and alison cambell.