A tiny Moth biplane circles above Toronto, its open cockpit home to two young women trying to break the world in-flight endurance record of 25 days. Below, a city waits, grounded by summer heat and Depression woes, yet ominously charged by the unmistakable signs of imminent war.
In a story that evocatively explores the evolving relationship of two daredevil women and their earth-bound watchers, Leaving Earth soars, tumbling and rising again, carrying readers into a beautifully detailed, imaginative world. It's a world where women embark on dangerous adventures to escape the bonds of their life and their times, where a young girl looks heavenward to escape her increasingly disconnected reality, and a city holds its collective breath, anxious for something--anything--to alter its charted course.
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