Wingspan

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In September 1943 an American Flying Fortress returning from a bombing mission crashes in Wales. A farmer is first on the scene to discover that its crew of ten have all perished. When the police arrive, only nine bodies are recovered. A lifetime later a son goes looking for the father he never knew, climbing steep hillsides into deepening mysteries of time and loss. Set in America, England and Wales, Wingspan tells two intertwined stories separated by fifty years and a thousand miles of ocean - stories of pursuit and discovery, love and war, bereavement and remembering.

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• Alternates between two love stories, one set in the 1940s, the second in the 1990s, connected by the mystery of a missing airman.
• Underlying themes of Quest and discovery, Secrets and mysteries, Love and death, Betrayal and fidelity
• A lyrical work set in both the Suffolk and South Wales countryside.
• Examines the effects of growing up in the 1940s and 50s without a father figure.
• About letting go of the past and learning to live for the future.
• Portrays the romance of flying and drama of mid air combat.
• Explores truth and falsehood, quest and discovery, love and fidelity

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About the Author

Jeremy Hughes was born in Crickhowell, south Wales. He was awarded first prize in the Poetry Wales competition and his poetry was short-listed for an Eric Gregory Award. He has published two pamphlets - breathing for all my birds and The Woman Opposite - and has published poetry, short fiction, memoir and reviews widely in British and American magazines. His first novel Dovetail was published in 2011. He studied for the Master’s in creative writing at the University of Oxford. He now teaches Creative Writing at Oxford and the University of Wales, Newport, as well as literature for Aberystwyth. He is married with a daughter and a son.