{"product_id":"9781604689792","title":"Simple Friendships II: 14 Fabulous Quilts from Blocks Stitched Among Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Shit happens, and it doesn't mean it's somebody's fault. And in the test flight of an airplane, shit often happens.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Bombardier Experimental Test Pilot Eric Fiore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn October 10, 2000, a Challenger 604 experimental test aircraft crashed on takeoff at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport, dragging a wing, before turning into a fireball. Barely alive and suffering horrific burns, test pilot Eric Fiore was the only survivor hauled from the wreckage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has asked his wife to promise him something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on actual events, \u003ci\u003eFlight through Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable love story centered on a deep devotion to aviation. Carol Fiore vividly describes the aftermath of the accident, the response of a billion dollar company and an entire Kansas town, the intense pressure placed on a hospital, the tragic realities of severe facial burns, the evolution of an eating disorder in her teenage daughter, and the raw emotional pain of her nonreligious family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeftly interweaving the past and present, the author takes the reader on a wondrous adventure around the world with a complicated and passionate man who was born to be a pilot. Struggling with the horrors of his injuries, she confronts grief without religion, searching for strength in order to keep her promise to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, brutally honest, and unexpectedly humorous, this is the story of what it takes to be a test pilot, and what it costs to love one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martingale \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031346528496,"sku":"9781604689792","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781604689792_p0.jpg?v=1763827927","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781604689792","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}