Flying in Place
core novel 1992 Flying in Place
Record
| First published | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (438 ratings, collected 2026-11-03) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312851835 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Emma Gray lives in a house where, night after night, her father, a respected local doctor, abuses her while her mother sleeps on. Emma copes by retreating into imagination. In her inner adventures she joins her sister Ginny, who died long before, and the two girls fly together above the world, free of the house and the father. The novel treats a painful subject through a story of fantasy as refuge.
Where it sits
- Universe: Flying in Place
- Series: Flying in Place core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Susan Palwick
Awards (verified)
- Crawford Award (Best first novel), 1993: won
Notes
- From the series record (Flying in Place): A standalone 1992 novel about a girl who flies in imagination with her dead sister.
Sources
← Flying in Place dossier · All universes
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