The Infinite Air
ABOUT
THE BOOK
A superbly written novel offering an intriguing interpretation of one of the world’s greatest aviators, the glamorous and mysterious Jean Batten.
Jean Batten became an international icon in the 1930s. A brave, beautiful woman, she made a number of heroic solo flights across the world. The newspapers couldn’t get enough of her; and yet she suddenly slipped out of view, disappearing to the Caribbean with her mother and dying in obscurity in Majorca, buried in a pauper’s grave.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
We were impressed by Kidman’s weaving together of three important strands: the historical aspect in the exploration of early flying, the relationship aspect with ties between mothers and daughters, and the very timely issue of celebrity and secrecy. All this and finely crafted storytelling!