The Flying Cutterbucks, Kathleen M. Rodgers
The Flying Cutterbucks, Kathleen M. Rodgers
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The Flying Cutterbucks

Author: Kathleen M. Rodgers

Narrator: F Michelle Williams

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 06/29/2021

Synopsis

Decades ago, Trudy, Georgia, and Aunt Star formed a code of silence to protect each other from an abusive man who terrorized their family. One act of solidarity long ago lives with them still. With the election of a president who brags about groping women without their consent, old wounds and deep secrets come alive again, forcing hard truths to be told and even harder truths to be left to the dead.On the outskirts of Pardon, New Mexico, Trudy returns to her mother, Jewel, to navigate an old house filled with haunting mementos of her father who went missing in action over North Vietnam. As she helps her mother sift through the memories and finally lay her father to rest, Trudy will do her own soul searching to say goodbye to the dead and find her way along with the other women in her family, and through the next election.

About Kathleen M. Rodgers

Kathleen M. Rodgers is a novelist whose work has appeared in Family Circle magazine, Military Times, and in several anthologies. A professional writer for more than forty-five years, her novels have garnered many awards and favorable reviews from readers. She has been featured in USA Today, the Associated Press, and Military Times.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie on November 28, 2020

Within a few pages I was completely in love with the warm, small family of the Cutterbucks: the aging mother Jewel, her daughter Georgia, Aunt Star and the older daughter and narrator Trudy, a woman in her fifties who has just retired as an airline stewardess and come home to her mother who lives on......more

Goodreads review by Susan on May 23, 2020

The Flying Cutterbucks is a moving family drama, centered around a family of women who bear scars of their past. This book deals honestly and sensitively with sexual abuse, hate crimes, and loss. These women go on quite a journey as they traverse memories, pain, and long-hidden secrets, never losing......more

Goodreads review by Shanessa on August 25, 2020

I’m not normally a big fan of politically driven novels. I mean, I usually read to escape the terrible things going on in the world and let’s face it, politics can be terrible. However, I was instantly drawn into this stunning story. I think it has to do with the fact that though it does delve into......more

Goodreads review by Debra on August 22, 2021

Homecomings often result in coming to terms with the past. For Trudy, a recently retired flight attendant, her return to her family home on on the outskirts of Pardon, New Mexico means confronting two separate family crises—the loss of her father who went missing in action over North Vietnam decades......more

Goodreads review by Claire on June 06, 2020

A wonderfully unusual, romp of a realistic ride through the tension of a presidential election. Author Kathleen Rodgers takes a firm stance and keeps it real with well-drawn women characters you won't soon forget. Memories unfold, the past haunts and ghosts are laid to rest in this intricately woven......more

Quotes

“A rousing, timely novel of hope and solidarity among women in a family wounded by the tragedy of war and the trauma of sexual assault.” Kathleen Kent, New York Times bestselling author

“Readers will laugh and cry along with The Flying Cutterbucks as the women try their darndest to heal old hurts while remaining open to new adventures.” Karen Spears Zacharias, Gold Star daughter and author of After the Flag has been Folded

“When the history of this time is written, Rodgers will be one of those novelists who wasn’t afraid to talk about what the late 2010s was really like.” Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama

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