The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer

The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer

From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Invisible Bridge comes a gripping tale of forbidden love, high-stakes adventure, and unimaginable courage filled with "suspense and tragedy, unexpected twists and deliverance" (The Seattle Times). * THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES TRANSATLANTIC 

MARSEILLE, 1940. Varian Fry, a Harvard-educated journalist and editor, arrives in France. Recognizing the darkness descending over Europe, he and a group of like-minded New Yorkers formed the Emergency Rescue Committee, helping artists and writers escape from the Nazis and immigrate to the United States. 

Amid the chaos of World War II, and in defiance of restrictive U.S. immigration policies, Fry must procure false passports, secure visas, seek out escape routes through the Pyrenees and by sea, and make impossible decisions about who should be saved, all while under profound pressure--and in a state of irrevocable personal change.

In this dazzling work of historical fiction--one that illuminates previously unexplored elements of Fry's story, and has, since its publication, brought us new insight into his life.

Julie Orringer is the award-winning author of two New York Times best-selling books: The Invisible Bridge, a novel, and How to Breathe Underwater, a collection of short tales. The Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library, the MacDowell Colony, and Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study have all awarded her fellowships. Her husband and children live in Brooklyn with her. Julie Orringer's website is www.julieorringer.com.

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ISBN 13	9780307949714
ISBN 10	0307949710
Title	The Flight Portfolio
Author	Julie Orringer
Series	Vintage Contemporaries
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2020-06-30
Number of pages	576
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.