Leaning on Air
May 2024 · Tyndale House Publishers
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When loss drives hawk-researcher Celia from her veterinarian husband, can a vast land and a quiet boy reunite them?
They last spoke as teens . . . but on a country road twelve years later, a surprise encounter reunites ornithologist Celia Burke with equine surgeon Burnaby Hayes, and they plunge into a most unexpected love story.
After a decade of marriage, Celia and Burnaby have found a unique and beautiful rhythm. Then tragedy strikes while Celia hunts for the nest of a research hawk near the Snake River. Reeling with grief, she’s certain Burnaby won’t understand her anguish or forgive the choice that initiated it.
She flees to kindness at a remote farm in Washington’s Palouse region, where a wild prairie and an appealing neighbor convince her to begin anew. But when unexplained accidents, cryptic sketches, and a mute little boy make her doubt her decision, only a red-tailed hawk and the endangered lives of those she loves can compel her to examine her past―and reconsider her future.
A soaring tale of wonder, loss, redemption, and restoration from Cheryl Grey Bostrom, the award-winning author of Sugar Birds.
They last spoke as teens . . . but on a country road twelve years later, a surprise encounter reunites ornithologist Celia Burke with equine surgeon Burnaby Hayes, and they plunge into a most unexpected love story.
After a decade of marriage, Celia and Burnaby have found a unique and beautiful rhythm. Then tragedy strikes while Celia hunts for the nest of a research hawk near the Snake River. Reeling with grief, she’s certain Burnaby won’t understand her anguish or forgive the choice that initiated it.
She flees to kindness at a remote farm in Washington’s Palouse region, where a wild prairie and an appealing neighbor convince her to begin anew. But when unexplained accidents, cryptic sketches, and a mute little boy make her doubt her decision, only a red-tailed hawk and the endangered lives of those she loves can compel her to examine her past―and reconsider her future.
A soaring tale of wonder, loss, redemption, and restoration from Cheryl Grey Bostrom, the award-winning author of Sugar Birds.
- A beautifully crafted story that brings the Pacific Northwest setting to life.
- A compelling contemporary novel about love and loss.
- Explores the challenges of a marriage when one partner is neurodivergent.
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
- Winner of 2024’s American Fiction, Readers’ Favorite, and International Book Awards
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11 May 2024
Powerful, heartbreaking, ultimately triumphant story of overcoming tragedy and reconnecting as a married couple. Leaning on Air is my first book by Cheryl Grey Bostrom and won’t be my last. I was struck by the beautiful prose and the poetic way she describes nature, faith, and life on the spectrum. This was unlike any story I’d read before and I appreciated the tender ways she dealt with loss, anger, and reconciliation. Highly recommend. Please see content warnings in my Goodreads Review.
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