{"product_id":"the-wright-sister-9780062993113","title":"The Wright Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn epistolary novel of historical fiction that imagines the life of Katharine Wright and her relationship with her famous brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the world's first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, establishing the Wright Brothers as world-renowned pioneers of flight. Known to far fewer people was their whip-smart and well-educated sister Katharine, a suffragette and early feminist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Wilbur passed away, Katharine lived with and took care of her increasingly reclusive brother Orville, who often turned to his more confident and supportive sister to help him through fame and fortune. But when Katharine became engaged to their mutual friend, Harry Haskell, Orville felt abandoned and betrayed. He smashed a pitcher of flowers against a wall and refused to attend the wedding or speak to Katharine or Harry. As the years went on, the siblings grew further and further apart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Wright Sister\u003c\/em\u003e, Patty Dann wonderfully imagines the blossoming of Katharine, revealed in her \"Marriage Diary\"--in which she emerges as a frank, vibrant, intellectually and socially engaged, sexually active woman coming into her own--and her one-sided correspondence with her estranged brother as she hopes to repair their fractured relationship. Even though she pictures \"Orv\" throwing her letters away, Katharine cannot contain her joie de vivre, her love of married life, her strong advocacy of the suffragette cause, or her abiding affection for her stubborn sibling as she fondly recalls their shared life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inspiring and poignant chronicle of feminism, family, and forgiveness, \u003cem\u003eThe Wright Sister\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable portrait of a woman, a sister of inventors, who found a way to reinvent herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDann, Patty:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePatty Dann's novels have been translated into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. Her novel \u003cem\u003eMermaids\u003c\/em\u003e was made into a movie starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci. Dann is also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Butterfly Hours: Transforming Memories into Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Goldfish Went on Vacation: A Memoir of Loss\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Baby Boat: A Memoir of Adoption\u003c\/em\u003e. Dann's articles have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eO\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and numerous other publications. She teaches writing workshops at the West Side YMCA in New York. Dann is married to journalist Michael Hill and has one son and two stepsons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649360335122,"sku":"9780062993113","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62f0ddb7-37ee-4cbd-862c-3d96a2817855.jpg?v=1733261778","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wright-sister-9780062993113","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}