The Memory of Flight

by Debra Bowling

Marilyn's quiet, mysterious beauty belies the turmoil inside her head. She moves with her children to her parent's farm to escape her alcoholic husband’s increasingly violent outbursts. Her daughter, Ginny, finds comfort in her grandmother's company and the discovery of her father's old Brownie camera. As Marilyn's mental health declines, Ginny embarks on an obsession with taking photographs—particularly of people in moments of raw emotion. A chance to go away to college gives Ginny hope for a new life. But soon a new crisis with Marilyn and a murder investigation force Ginny to face and reconcile her difficult childhood.

Genres: Fiction

282 pages, Paperback

Published November 16, 2021

About the author

Debra Bowling grew up in North Alabama and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. For years, she divided her time between creative writing and working with nonprofits, including domestic violence, arts, children's issues and civil rights. Other interests include photography, video production, spirituality, and Jung Psychology.

Web site: www.DebraBowling.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/DebraBowling.author.
Instagram: Instagram.com/BowlingDebra_Author

Reviews

[Mayna C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Debra Bowling has written a page turner that tells the story of a mother that has a mental illness and her middle child, a daughter, and how each cope with their circumstances. The mother’s perspective is deftly and empathetically conveyed giving the reader a glimpse of how a person with a severe mental illness experiences the world. Then the author in alternating chapters tells the child’s story at different ages in a manner that showed how a child would experience the world at the respective age and in such a way that the reader can sense the daughter’s maturation process into adulthood. The Memory of Flight is a fascinating read about disturbing family dysfunction and the human capacity for healing and thriving despite a troubled childhood.

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very engaging,