Taking Flight

In this beautifully told drama of the bond between grandson and grandmother, Taking Flight delicately explores the complexities of family bonds - in which love is need, and need becomes manipulation, along with the pain and difficulties of dementia and mental ill health.

About the author

Born in Miami, Florida, J. T. Torres is of Cuban-American descent. He is an assistant professor of English at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Torres combines an MFA in creative writing with a PhD in educational psychology to understand how storytelling often frames the construction of a self. This is his debut novella.

Summary

In this beautifully told drama of the bond between grandson and grandmother, Taking Flight delicately explores the complexities of family bonds - in which love is need, and need becomes manipulation, along with the pain and difficulties of dementia and mental ill health.

Product details

• Authors: Jt Torres
• Publisher: Fairlight Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781912054091
• ISBN: 978-1-912054-09-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 145 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 116 g
• Series: Fairlight Moderns
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature