Isabel Morales is a successful Chicago sculptor hiding a brutal family history - one not even her husband knows. After decades of turning her back on her past, she’s forced to return to Appalachia when she receives news of her estranged mother’s death.

But going back means revisiting the traumatic childhood she escaped - and the family that cast her out when she needed them most. Back on the land she has inherited, she’s flooded with memories of the forest where she once roamed free, of her beloved lost brother, and of the old house in the West Virginia hills where she grew up. Her mother has left her another legacy, too, which reveals secrets that Isabel is only beginning to understand.

As forces bear down and threaten to take what she has left, it’s time for Isabel to step into her power, reclaim her roots, and finally confront the painful memories that have kept her from the life she truly wants.

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11 hours and 24 minutes
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Joy Castro
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Rebecca Mozo
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1 November 2021
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English
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B095TQDRFG
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	11 hours and 24 minutes
Author	Joy Castro
Narrator	Rebecca Mozo
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	01 November 2021
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B095TQDRFG
Best Sellers Rank	93,123 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1,082 in World Literature (Audible Books & Originals) 1,507 in Cultural Heritage Fiction 1,749 in Family Life Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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Denise

An interesting read.

Reviewed in Australia on 8 January 2022

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This book got better as I progressed through it. The characters unfolded and you got to understand them better to make this a good read that kept me on edge till the plot unfolded.

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Good until it turned political

Reviewed in the United States on 5 October 2021

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I was enjoying the book a lot, but then she had to bring the 2016 election into it, and that is when I was done. We all have our own beliefs and ideals, but why spoil a good book by letting the President that the American people voted into office—who obviously the author hated, ruin what would otherwise have been a pretty good book.

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Angel

Such a disappointment

Reviewed in the United States on 5 October 2021

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Enjoying the story until the story veered into the authors political bias. I wouldn’t mind if it was germane to the plot..it wasn’t. It seemed like she had the book 3/4 written and was forced to meet a deadline. Triggered by the election, she inserted every social ill topic she can think of into the last quarter of the book. Totally ruined the book for me. Her heavy reliance on a thesaurus was also distracting.

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Leave politics to the politicians

Reviewed in the United States on 7 October 2021

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Enjoyed reading, but deleted entire book when author voiced opinion on 2016 presidential election. Should not have gone there. A clown (?) I hardly think so, look at what we've got in the white house now!

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Didn’t finish it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2021

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I found it heavy going. Not my style of the written word. Others may enjoy it though.

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WELL WRITTEN

Reviewed in the United States on 1 October 2021

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Established author alert! It's always a treat when First Reads includes a book by an established author. Joy Castro is memoirist, essayist, novelist, and short story author. She is also a professor of literature and creative writing.

While Flight Risk is a work of fiction, it is written in the first person and reads like a memoir. It's an enjoyable deceptively easy read, yet quite an intelligent book. It will draw you in.

You should be aware that the book does contain swear words, including the so-called f-bomb. I find that sometimes a choice swear word is the only one that will do, but I know not everyone agrees with that assertion.

With nothing new under the sun, the impact of a book often comes down to the quality of the writing. And this one is good.

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