Flights

Jim Shepard

Knopf, 1983 - Adolescence - 253 pages

Biddy Siebert has problems. His parents are always fighting about him, his sister hates him, and the nuns at school are threatening him with motivational training. He feels lost - until he sees a chance to do something right, and concocts a plan for growing up.

Contents

• Section 1: 3
• Section 2: 9
• Section 3: 10
• Section 4: 16
• Section 5: 21
• Section 6: 25
• Section 7: 30
• Section 8: 39
• Section 9: 41
• Section 10: 46
• Section 11: 51
• Section 12: 52
• Section 13: 54
• Section 14: 58
• Section 15: 59
• Section 16: 65
• Section 17: 68
• Section 18: 78
• Section 19: 84
• Section 20: 89
• Section 21: 91
• Section 22: 99
• Section 23: 104
• Section 24: 108
• Section 25: 108
• Section 26: 125
• Section 27: 128
• Section 28: 140
• Section 29: 163
• Section 30: 172
• Section 31: 174
• Section 32: 180
• Section 33: 194
• Section 34: 196
• Section 35: 201
• Section 36: 204
• Section 37: 218
• Section 38: 219
• Section 39: 224
• Section 40: 228
• Section 41: 232
• Section 42: 239
• Section 43: 246

About the author

Jim Shepard was born on December 29, 1956 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He received a BA from Trinity College and a MFA from Brown University. He teaches creative writing and film at Williams College and in the Warren Wilson MFA program. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US and Canada. His short story collection, Like You'd Understand, won the 2007 Story Prize. His other short story collections include Battling against Castro, Love and Hydrogen, and You Think That's Bad. He won the 2005 Massachusetts Book Award for his novel, Project X. His other novels include Flights, Paper Doll, Lights Out in the Reptile House, Kiss of the Wolf, Nosferatu, and The Book of Aron.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Flights; A Borzoi book
• Author: Jim Shepard
• Publisher: Knopf, 1983
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Jun 18, 2008
• ISBN: 0394532651, 9780394532653
• Length: 253 pages