The Wright Sister: A Novel
2020年8月 · HarperCollins
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An “immensely readable” novel inspired by the life of Katharine Wright and her brother Orville, a tale of estrangement and enduring love(Sally Koslow, international bestselling author of Another Side of Paradise).
On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the world’s first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, establishing the Wright Brothers as world-renowned pioneers of flight. Known to fewer people was their whip-smart sister Katharine, a suffragette and early feminist.
After Wilbur passed away, Katharine lived with and took care of her reclusive brother Orville. But when Katharine became engaged to their mutual friend, Harry Haskell, Orville felt abandoned and betrayed. He refused to attend the wedding or speak to Katharine or Harry. As the years went on, the siblings grew further and further apart.
In The Wright Sister, Patty Dann wonderfully imagines the blossoming of Katharine, revealed in her “Marriage Diary”—in which she emerges as a vibrant, intellectually and socially engaged, sexually active woman coming into her own—and her one-sided correspondence with her estranged brother as she hopes to repair their relationship. Even though she pictures “Orv” throwing her letters away, Katharine cannot contain her love of married life, her strong advocacy of the suffragette cause, or her abiding affection for her stubborn sibling as she fondly recalls their shared life—in an unforgettable portrait of a woman, a sister of inventors who found a way to reinvent herself.
“A marvel . . . [a] brilliant novel whose characters are now stored in my heart like favorite, absent friends.” — Elinor Lipman, author of Ms. Demeanor
“Dann does an amazing job of transporting readers in time by imaging Katharine’s joy, her devotion to Orville, and the pain she feels from their one-sided correspondence.” —Booklist
“No longer hidden by history, the wind beneath Wilbur and Orville’s wings—their brainy sibling Katharine—soars in The Wright Sister. [This] epistolary page-turner chronicles a woman taking flight past fifty.” — Sally Koslow, author of The Late, Lamented Molly Marx
“Captures the voice of Katharine Wright with uncanny verisimilitude . . . poignant.” —Sheila Kohler, author of Once We Were Sisters
On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the world’s first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, establishing the Wright Brothers as world-renowned pioneers of flight. Known to fewer people was their whip-smart sister Katharine, a suffragette and early feminist.
After Wilbur passed away, Katharine lived with and took care of her reclusive brother Orville. But when Katharine became engaged to their mutual friend, Harry Haskell, Orville felt abandoned and betrayed. He refused to attend the wedding or speak to Katharine or Harry. As the years went on, the siblings grew further and further apart.
In The Wright Sister, Patty Dann wonderfully imagines the blossoming of Katharine, revealed in her “Marriage Diary”—in which she emerges as a vibrant, intellectually and socially engaged, sexually active woman coming into her own—and her one-sided correspondence with her estranged brother as she hopes to repair their relationship. Even though she pictures “Orv” throwing her letters away, Katharine cannot contain her love of married life, her strong advocacy of the suffragette cause, or her abiding affection for her stubborn sibling as she fondly recalls their shared life—in an unforgettable portrait of a woman, a sister of inventors who found a way to reinvent herself.
“A marvel . . . [a] brilliant novel whose characters are now stored in my heart like favorite, absent friends.” — Elinor Lipman, author of Ms. Demeanor
“Dann does an amazing job of transporting readers in time by imaging Katharine’s joy, her devotion to Orville, and the pain she feels from their one-sided correspondence.” —Booklist
“No longer hidden by history, the wind beneath Wilbur and Orville’s wings—their brainy sibling Katharine—soars in The Wright Sister. [This] epistolary page-turner chronicles a woman taking flight past fifty.” — Sally Koslow, author of The Late, Lamented Molly Marx
“Captures the voice of Katharine Wright with uncanny verisimilitude . . . poignant.” —Sheila Kohler, author of Once We Were Sisters
著者について
Patty Dann's novels have been translated into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. Her novel Mermaids was made into a movie starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci. Dann is also the author of The Butterfly Hours: Transforming Memories into Memoir, The Goldfish Went on Vacation: A Memoir of Loss, and The Baby Boat: A Memoir of Adoption. Dann's articles have appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, O, The Oprah Magazine, and numerous other publications. She teaches writing workshops at the West Side YMCA in New York. Dann is married to journalist Michael Hill and has one son and two stepsons.
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