Flight Risk (Brave & Brilliant) - Softcover

Braem, Meg

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9781773854724: Flight Risk (Brave & Brilliant)
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ISBN 10: 1773854720 ISBN 13: 9781773854724
Publisher: University of Calgary Press, 2023

Synopsis

World War II veteran Hank Dunfield is about to turn one hundred years old. The staff at Ponderosa Pine Lodge have recruited Sarah, a young nursing student, to keep Hank safe, comfortable, and in the building while they plan a grand centenarian celebration. There’s one problem: Hank doesn’t want to live that long.

Seemingly opposites, Hank and Sarah kindle a deep friendship. Sarah fears the future with multiple sclerosis will be even more isolated, difficult, and painful than the isolated, difficult, and painful present. Hank, a tail gunner during the Second World War, opens his heart to share the deep knowledge of fear, luck, and flying into battle he learned over his. combat missions. Sarah and Hank find strength in each other as they face their deepest fears.

Based on interviews with veterans in Alberta seniors’ homes and the skilled nurses who care for them, Flight Risk is the story of finding exactly who you need when you least expect it. An empathetic exploration of grief, friendship, and hope, this play asks what we lose when we ignore the knowledge of our elderly, challenges the way that we think about aging and death, and inspires a brighter, more compassionate future.

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About the Author

Meg Braem is an Alberta based playwright and dramaturg. Her plays have been nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award and have won the Alberta Literary Award for Drama, and the Alberta Playwriting Competition.

Samantha Macdonald has spent over thirty years in professional theatre and fifteen running theatre companies. She was the artistic producer of Lunchbox Theatre in Calgary, Alberta between 2017-19.

David B. Hogan, MD, FRCPC, is professor and academic leader at the Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging, O’Brien Institute of Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.

Philip D. St. John, MD, FRCPC, is professor, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba.

William John Pratt is an historian with Parks Canada.

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Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1773854720
ISBN 13 
9781773854724
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
120
Rating
  • 4.50 out of 5 stars
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Publisher: University of Calgary Press, 2023
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