The Bomber Jacket

“An epic deep dive into the complexities of family and home, both natal and adopted. King’s love for Scotland and respect for the Greatest Generation shine in this ambitious debut novel, which transcends the boundaries of time.”
-Elizabeth Wein, No.1 NY Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity.

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In 1996, after American college student Beth Schmidt buys a British World War II vintage bomber jacket, the pungent smell of fuel, the taste of metal, and snatches of cockpit dialogue invade her dreams and compel her to enroll for a semester in Scotland as an excuse to search for traces of the pilot with a highland brogue and before long, the veil between past and present becomes ever thinner.