Critical Praise

"My kind of book --- great dialogue, interesting complicated characters, and who doesn’t like birds? I loved the pace of the novel which allowed me to breathe as I read, imaging watching birds in flight, feeling the changes in the seasons, delighting in new life."

—Gayle Shanks, Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ

"In Hovering Flight was in enchanting read on numerous levels. The true birdwatcher/scholar/artist lives of the main characters taught and touched me. Expanding that theme into passion for and pain about nature and ecology worked beautifully. Add to that a variety of complex, realistic relationships and the result has stayed with me long after finishing the book. What a spectacular debut."

—Dana Brigham, Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA

"In this provocative and page-turning debut novel, Hinnefeld (Tell Me Everything and Other Stories) recounts the life of bird-lover, environmental activist and artist Addie Sturmer Kavanagh... Hinnefeld's drama soars..."

—Publishers Weekly

"In Hovering Flight is a beautiful novel and absolutely tailor-made for indie booksellers. I encourage every independent bookseller to read In Hovering Flight and stack it high, for it is a handseller's dream."

—Elizabeth Jordan, BookPeople (Austin, TX)