THE SNOW FALCON BY STUART HARRISON IN SOUTH AFRICA

THE SNOW FALCON BY STUART HARRISON A magnificent gyrfalcon, soaring in the air over rocky cliffs, is winged by a hunter and falls to the earth wounded. Rescued and taken to a nearby farmhouse, the bird's plight will irrevocably change the lives of her savior, Michael Somers, and the woman and child Somers comes to love. Somers has returned after many years to his hometown of Little River Bend to unlock the secrets from his own past that drove him to almost destroy his family in one night of irrational violence. Released from treatment, but shunned by his neighbors, Somers is determined to heal the bird, whom he named Cully, and release her to freedom. Watching from afar as Somers coaxes the bird to fly is a deeply troubled little boy, Jamie Baker. He has lost the power of speech after witnessing his father's death in a hunting accident and his mother, Susan, yearns to free her child from his self-made prison.   SOFT COVER IN GOOD CONDITION 1999 PAGES: 423