Seattle writer Jennie Shortridge, part of a veritable boom of fiction by local authors that saw books released in 2009, makes this welcome return visit with her newest, When She Flew (NAL/Penguin). "... A taut, beautifully rendered novel about an injured war veteran, his bright young daughter, and a street-smart police officer who has lost almost more than she can bear. When their lives become entangled, what results has all the urgency of a thriller and offers a moving exploration of parental love and the lengths to which one person will go to take care of another." - Marisa de los Santos. "Jennie Shortridge has done it again. Her novels are delightful and compelling stories of real-world characters in mildly dysfunctional lives struggling for wisdom." -Selden Edwards.