The Black Swan: Memory, Midlife, and Migration

By Anne Batterson

Book Overview

Set against a spontaneous cross-country road trip following the migrating birds, this passionate, lyrical memoir is one woman's reflections on midlife, her important personal relationships, her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743215532
• ISBN13: 9780743215534
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Scribner
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.7" x 0.7" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Amazing and couragous

I met Anne at a CT Authors and Publishers meeting where she was the guest speaker. She kept us enthralled with her tales and adventures in her journey to be published after she had written this book. The journey never stops. I found it very inspiring to see someone have both the courage and support to take off on a cross country journey and then write about it. My ownself, I have fictionalized my experiences in "Forever Retro Blues." I am in awe of anyone who can put themselves out there like Anne did. It's a spiritual quest in addition to the physical one of finding herself in mid-life. Well done, Anne, well done.

Aviation, Vertical, Horizontal and More.

As an international skydiving champion, Anne Batterson was someone I admired when I began jumping in 1962. She went on to become a flight instructor and charter pilot. She understands flight and is fascinated by all who fly. Batterson describes her following of a fall bird migration with flashbacks to her earlier adventures. I loved reading about her skydiving in the early days. She relates the need to be alone from time to time. A good writer with a large and varied vocabulary, she crafts a good read. As an author, publisher and skydiver, I found this book fascinating and fun to read. Dan Poynter, ParaPublishing.com

The Black Swan

A beautiful, subtle, completely absorbing story that will stir the reader's own internal wild bird. It was such a privilege to share Ms. Batterson's journey. Hard to believe this is her first book and can't wait to read more from her.