{"product_id":"a-day-in-eternity-kathryn-gabriel-loving-9780983983828","title":"A Day in Eternity","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired by the Life, Letters, and Poetry of John John Gillespie Magee, Jr., author of the aviation poem, \"High Flight.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis penetrating adventure of the mind and spirit soars through the lives of two rogue aviators and their mutual passion for flight. \u003cb\u003eAnson Roe\u003c\/b\u003e is a British crop duster who struggles with his career and his love life. \u003cb\u003eJohn Gillespie Magee, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and WWII fighterpilot with an uncommon view on death. When they meet in rural America, Magee challenges Roe down to the quick of his soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Day in Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explores the mysterious aftermath of an accident, raising questions about the very nature of temporal and physical reality. Loving creates an effectively surreal story that maintains clarity and forward momentum. She weaves a lyrical psychological puzzle through flashbacks to the protagonist's former life and tenuous present. \u003cb\u003eAnson Roe's\u003c\/b\u003e predicament is a decidedly unique one, and Loving explores his fractured psychological state with power and grace. She crafts both primary and secondary characters from the inside-out, creating subtly impactful interactions while maintaining intrigue. \u003cb\u003e- BookLife\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poetry of \u003cb\u003e[John Magee]\u003c\/b\u003e is magically woven into the story. ...The transcendence of time and place, and the building of the characters as they grow, ascend, and fly through the rising action, is stimulating. \u003cb\u003e- Readers' Favorite\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe philosophical element adds significantly to the plot while also making the book inspiring. \u003cb\u003e- Online Book Club\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnson Roe\u003c\/b\u003e will ignore borders and strain relationships to land a career in Ag-aviation. But when he dreams of crashing his airplane in a remote corner of the world, all he can think of is the whereabouts of his journalist girlfriend, \u003cb\u003eVivianne Keene\u003c\/b\u003e. He awakens at a small airstrip in rural America, a year backward in time, suffering from apparent heatstroke and random amnesia when he is rescued by \u003cb\u003eJohn Magee's\u003c\/b\u003e. Mere flesh and bone could barely contain \u003cb\u003eJohn Magee's\u003c\/b\u003e lifeforce as he grew into a young man. A self-made intellectual as a teenager, he didn't expect to live past his twenties. When stranded in America at the onset of Britain's war with Germany, he was hellbent on returning to England and his love, novelist \u003cb\u003eElinor Lyon\u003c\/b\u003e. At age 19 he finally went back as a pilot officer with the Canadian Royal Air Force. Exuberant with newfound freedom and powered by a Supermarine Spitfire, he \"trod the untrespassed sanctity of space ... and touched the face of God,\" thus birthing his sonnet, \u003cb\u003e\"High Flight,\"\u003c\/b\u003e the aviator's anthem for more than 75 years. Blending history with fiction, John Magee's own words on love and death in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Day in Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e resonate for all time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe were but a day in Eternity ... still, we believed.\u003c\/i\u003eJohn Gillespie Magee, Jr., \"Brave New World\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Inspirational Fiction Category, 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Gabriel Loving's \u003ci\u003eThe Logos of Soul, A Novel on the Light and Sound, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e was a finalist in the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. She has written several historical non-fiction books, including \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarietta Wetherill, Life with the Navajos of Chaco Canyon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. She lives in New Mexico with her husband, a USAF veteran.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn Gabriel Loving\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0983983828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780983983828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Souljourn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Kathryn Gabriel Loving","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082603962623,"sku":"9780983983828","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-day-in-eternity-kathryn-gabriel-loving-9780983983828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}