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Flightless
Marie, a Texan meteorologist, finds her marriage tested by the arrival of Jane, the nineteen-year-old daughter of an old friend. Sensing that her husband is being seduced by Jane, she refuses to take it lying down. Instead, Marie follows him to a remote New Zealand wildlife sanctuary, hoping to discover the truth and reclaim their relationship. At times aching and raw, but with sharp comedy and wit, Flightless is Keziah Weir’s masterful debut story that explores the lengths to which one woman will go in attempting to stabilize a mutable world.
29 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 29, 2014
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About the author
Keziah Weir
3 books123 followersKeziah Weir is a Senior Editor at Vanity Fair. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Esquire, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She grew up in San Francisco, California, and on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia; spent her twenties in New York City; and currently lives in Maine with her husband and dog.
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—Tara Conklin, NYTimes-bestselling author of The Last Romantics
What people are saying about THE MYTHMAKERS, on sale June 13 2023:
"Every once in a while, a novel appears that grips you and confides in you as an old friend would. Keziah Weir’s THE MYTHMAKERS is not only a love letter to the mysteries that bind us, but it’s also a remarkable portrayal of how we move forward, stumble, get up again and rebuild our lives when we need to the most. Suspenseful, elegant, so full of life and the ghosts we carry, this is, quite simply, beautiful storytelling."
—Paul Yoon, author of Run Me to Earth
“A novel about ambition—art-making, self-making—and the ways in which, when questions of gender and desire and love enter the scene, lies and truths can tangle as intricately as the links of a fine necklace. THE MYTHMAKERS glitters with suspense, and it held me rapt. Keziah Weir has arrived.”
—Clare Beams, author of The Illness Lesson
“Keziah Weir’s THE MYTHMAKERS is a wildly inventive, thought-provoking page-turner filled with luminous language and resonant characters. It tackles the weightiest of subjects—love, art, inspiration, death—with grace and wit. This is the rare novel that will stay with me for a very, very long time."
—Tara Conklin, NYTimes-bestselling author of The Last Romantics
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