Leaning on Air
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When loss drives hawk-researcher Celia from her veterinarian husband, can a vast land and a quiet boy reunite them?
They last spoke as teens . . . but on a country road twelve years later, a surprise encounter reunites ornithologist Celia Burke with equine surgeon Burnaby Hayes, and they plunge into a most unexpected love story.
After a decade of marriage, Celia and Burnaby have found a unique and beautiful rhythm. Then tragedy strikes while Celia hunts for the nest of a research hawk near the Snake River. Reeling with grief, she’s certain Burnaby won’t understand her anguish or forgive the choice that initiated it.
She flees to kindness at a remote farm in Washington’s Palouse region, where a wild prairie and an appealing neighbor convince her to begin anew. But when unexplained accidents, cryptic sketches, and a mute little boy make her doubt her decision, only a red-tailed hawk and the endangered lives of those she loves can compel her to examine her past―and reconsider her future.
A soaring tale of wonder, loss, redemption, and restoration from Cheryl Grey Bostrom, the award-winning author of Sugar Birds.
- A beautifully crafted story that brings the Pacific Northwest setting to life.
- A compelling contemporary novel about love and loss.
- Explores the challenges of a marriage when one partner is neurodivergent.
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
- Winner of 2024’s American Fiction, Readers’ Favorite, and International Book Awards
Leaning on Air has everything I love most in a story: depth, nuance, rich detail, authentic characterization, and heart. A work of art in its own right. . . . If you love literary fiction that’s filled with humanity and hope, you absolutely cannot miss Leaning on Air.
Fans of Sugar Birds will be delighted that the author has continued Celia and Burnaby’s story in Leaning on Air. Bostrom is a fresh new voice in Christian fiction, and I look forward to seeing what she does next.
Bostrom draws her characters with an artist’s brush and exquisitely renders the natural world. Her writing is sheer poetry.
Every golden hour spent within these pages is filled with grace. A complex, captivating read.
With reverence for the land and its ability to turn our gaze upward, Bostrom aptly contrasts nature’s beauty and power with life’s hurts and betrayals, producing layers of suspense imbued with prayer and hope.
Cheryl Grey Bostrom has written another brilliant story in her newest, Leaning on Air. This book is a multilayered, cross-generational masterpiece—and a fabulous read!
Stunningly realistic, rich, and deep, Leaning on Air is a tour de force. The Pacific Northwest’s hauntingly beautiful Palouse region envelops you as you read this tale of love, loss, hope, and second chances. Cheryl Grey Bostrom is an author not to miss!
Within minutes of opening the book, I knew I was once again diving headlong into a fascinating world created by a rare talent. . . . A powerful, entertaining, and riveting story, Leaning on Air is the intricate and brilliant work of a master storyteller.
Leaning On Air is . . . an exquisitely nuanced love story told with gorgeous prose and salt-of-the-earth characters. A poignant and authentic characterization of the power of love and of the land, and the capacity each has for restoration.
A captivating story. . . . exquisite writing.
- Title: Leaning on Air
- Author: Cheryl Bostrom
- Publisher: Tyndale Fiction
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781496481559, 9781496481535, 1496481534, 1496481550
- Resource ID: LLS:9781496481559
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-19T14:44:13Z