In Full Flight
  • Published: 19 February 2019
  • ISBN: 9780525434535
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $32.99
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In Full Flight

A Story of Africa and Atonement

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The remarkable story of one woman's search for a new life in Africa in the wake of World War II--a life that sparked a heroic career but also hid a secret past.

As a member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Dr. Anne Spoerry treated hundreds of thousands of people across rural Kenya over the span of fifty years, earning herself the cherished nickname “Mama Daktari”—“Mother Doctor.” Yet few knew that what drove her from post-World War II Europe to Africa was a past marked by rebellion, submission, and personal decisions that earned her another nickname—this one sinister—while working as a “doctor” in a Nazi concentration camp.

In Full Flight explores the question of whether it is possible to rewrite one’s past by doing good in the present, and takes readers on an extraordinary journey into a dramatic life punctuated by both courage and weakness and driven by a powerful need to atone.
  • Published: 19 February 2019
  • ISBN: 9780525434535
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $32.99
Categories:

Praise for In Full Flight

  • "Captivating . . . tale of complex truths and motivations. . . . In Full Flight is a daring and devastating story." --The Washington Post
  • "A narrative as riveting as it is disquieting." --The Wall Street Journal
  • "Incredible. . . . An exceptionally compelling contemplation on life's meaning, the nature of humanity, and whether atonement is achievable." --Booklist (starred review)

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