Above the Clouds: A Reunion of Father and Son

by Bach, Jonathan

First Edition Stated NL with 1

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William Morrow & Co, 1993. Faintest signs of edgewear to bright glossy jacket. From In 1970, newly rich and famous from the success of Jonathan Livingston Seagull , Richard Bach, Jonathan Bach's father, left his wife, Bette, and their six children when Jonathan was two. "Jonny," who was named after the improbable bird, here tells about life in the fractured family after his father's "daddy-part died," as Bette put it. The boy grew up thinking dads were "redundant" and was content working with his mother, a pilot who sold airplane rides at fields in New England. After his mother married a draconian taskmaster, Jonny clung closer still to Bethany, his younger sister and best friend. But when Jonny was 16, he was at the wheel during a car crash that injured him--and killed Bethany. His father and his second wife, Leslie, seemed to ignore the tragedy, deepening Jonny's resentment and sense of abandonment. Yet readers will sense the coming rapprochement. Swayed by Richard and Leslie's side of the story, Jonny now lives near them in Seattle, far from his mother in Vermont. His writing debut is promising if naive and too long, unfortunately showing the influence of his father, who supplies a gushy afterword. 1993 Jonathan Bach was named for the famous seagull created by his father, the author Richard Bach. When Jonathan was two, his parents divorced. There was little contact between father and son for the next 20 years. Jonathan describes his longing, anger, resentment, and confusion at being unable to know his father and his joy at their reconciliation and the new relation they are building. Unfortunately, this is episodic rather than analytical, and the writing is amateurish. It reports what happened but provides little understanding of the complex characters involved in this sad domestic drama. And though Jonathan intends readers to admire his father, Richard Bach comes across as smug and self-satisfied, and Jonathan himself lacks self-awareness. Recommended only for libraries with a high demand for Richard Bach's books.- Judy Mimken, Saginaw Valley State Univ., Mich. 1993. First Edition Stated NL with 1. Hardcover. New/Near Fine DJ.

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