![]() Language eng Summary 'This book is intoxicating it made me imagine things I never imagined before. Label When we have wings Title When we have wings Statement of responsibility Claire Corbett Creator When We Have Wings is that rare thing, a compelling read that is both emotionally and intellectually satisfying.' Amanda Lohrey ![]() ![]() 'A brilliantly conceived vision, bold in its execution and utterly convincing in its detail. So why then does she throw it all away? Feel the exhilaration and terror of flight - over vertiginous skyscrapers, into wild storms and across hypnotic wilderness - in this beautiful and daringly imaginative novel that explores the limits of self-transformation. Peri, a poor girl from the regions, will sacrifice anything to get her wings and join this elite but the price is higher than she could have imagined. It had to be worth it.' The dream of being able to fly is now physical reality but only the rich and powerful can afford the surgery, drugs, and gene manipulation to become fliers. It was for this she'd risked and endured so much. How high could she fly? What was the limit? She was already so high the earth was no longer real. ![]() 'She had never seen the sky in all her life before. ![]() This is an addictive mystery, clever and compelling.' Jane Campion, director of The Piano and Bright Star Flight - you'll dream about it. The world of flying is so complete, so detailed and real, it was as if I was flying, as if I could feel my wings. Summary 'This book is intoxicating it made me imagine things I never imagined before. ![]()
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