News of Jack Lyons's fatal crash sends his wife into shock
and emotional numbness: "Kathryn wished she could manage a
coma. Instead, it seemed that quite the opposite had
happened: She felt herself to be inside of a private weather
system, one in which she was continuously tossed and
buffeted by bits of news and information, sometimes chilled
by thoughts of what lay immediately ahead, thawed by the
kindness of others ... frequently drenched by memories that
seemed to have no regard for circumstance or place, and then
subjected to the nearly intolerable heat of reporters,
photographers and curious on-lookers. It was a weather
system with no logic, she had decided, no pattern, no
progression, no form." The situation becomes even more dire
when the plane's black box is recovered, pinning
responsibility for the crash on Jack. In an attempt to clear
his name, Kathryn searches for any and all clues to the
hours before the flight. Yet each discovery forces her to
realize that she didn't know her husband of 16 years at all.
Shreve's complex and highly convincing treatment of
Kathryn's dilemma, coupled with intriguing minor characters
and an expertly paced plot, makes The Pilot's Wife really
take off.
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