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Overview
Recently divorced and made redundant from his job, Julian Crosby needs a break from reality. That’s why he’s gone to Hawaii…If his personal circumstances had been different—if he were simply on a two-week vacation in Maui with his now former wife—then he surely would have laughed and said “no” to the outrageous offer from the funny-looking Hawaiian wearing a loud tropical shirt with an equally loud, not to mention obnoxious, blue and yellow parrot named Buenaventura perched upon his shoulder to buy a rundown boat called Scoundrel.
But that was then and this is now… Or is it?
Meanwhile, sixty years ago, Amelia Earhart is getting ready for her much publicized flight around the world. Is this daring adventure to be her final flight, her swan song? Or is she actually on a reconnaissance mission for President Roosevelt? And what does her ill-fated flight have to do with Julian, his innocent Hawaiian holiday and his newly-acquired boat? As Buenaventura reveals, “Only time will tell” as their two worlds unexpectedly and impossibly collide.
In this award-winning novel a weekend sailor shipwrecked on an uncharted atoll in the South Seas eventually discovers the island's only other human inhabitant—a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to 1930s lost flying ace Amelia Earhart.
Synopsis
A weekend sailor shipwrecked in the South Seas eventually discovers the island's only other human inhabitant - a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to 1930s lost flying ace Amelia Earhart.Editorials
Joyce Norman
David A. Ross is definitely not new to writing. This author has been around the literary block a time or two and knows how to write a page-turner. When I began to read, I thought I would make it to the end of Part I and come back to it later. Well, it's much, much later and I couldn't stop until the last period appeared at the end of the last sentence!... Books that pick you up and have the power to carry you on adventures is my kind of book. CALICO PENNANTS is my kind of book.Candy Beauchamp
I read it in nearly one sitting! This was absolutely fabulous! It's more of a historical fiction, but there are two parallel stories going and they meet... The writing jumps off the page... What a fabulous talent this guy has. At one point I even gasped out loud. Honestly, this is some of the best "in the moment" writing I've read in a very long time.Deepali Pratap
The scenes are very authentic in their emotions and reactions. I loved some of the lines in the book... The entire last around-the-world trip Amelia makes is stunningly researched, authentic and gripping... The island scenes between the survivors are completely plausible, and the unveiling of the island's strangeness is a lot of fun to read.Book Details
Published
May 2, 2009
Publisher
Open Books
Pages
163
ISBN
9781452450827