The Downs from Above - A Psychologist Therapies Herself with Hang Gliding

Michael Annette

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When Christine takes up hang gliding, she becomes entwined in her friend Laurie’s love affair with Katerina, a German adventurer. Katerina’s disturbing nature puts his life in jeopardy when he flies his hang glider, and Christine, a psychologist, gives herself to support him. In so doing, she finds her human heart. The reader sympathises with the torments of youth, gets a taste of the thrills and spills of early hang gliding and is entertained by the good fellowship inspired by the birth of the sport. It is hang gliding’s creation story.

Disponibile da: 10/12/2023.

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