Barnstorm: A Novel

Seventy-year-old Gerty Murphy is losing her Ohio farm to foreclosure.She had lost her Marine son in Afghanistan, then her husband to abroken heart. A ruthless, big-city banker is closing in fast. When anafraid-of-heights, awkward wannabe pilot aptly nicknamed "Trip" dropsinto her life, he overcomes a bullied past for a worthwhile payoff.

Poignant. Clever. Adventurous. Barnstormcombines the high-flyin' exploits of World War IIstunt pilots with the feel-good rural life reminiscentof 1950s Americana. Biplanes. Air shows. Countyfairs. Bull riding. Rodeo clowns. Cantankerousroosters. Farm-pond skinny-dippin'.

This coming-of-age tale is packed with high-flying action asloop-de-loop airplanes streak through the clouds.