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06/14/2018 12:01 AM

Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard


Set in the sultry Atlanta summer of 1962, this novel is based around the aftermath of a true event, the crash of Air France Flight 007 at Orly Airport in Paris, a plane filled with the city’s wealthiest, art-oriented residents. Told through a wide range of characters, whose lives intersect in increasingly interesting ways, Hannah Pittard weaves a spellbinding account of how those left behind dealt with the monumental loss Atlanta faced in a time filled with remarkable excesses and evolving tensions. This is a perfectly fascinating summer read.

Kelly, R.J. Julia Bookseller, Madison