Key points

Quality fiction is a marvelous travel companion.

Reading is a healthy adaptation during crowded and chaotic holiday travel.

"Dear Edward" is a story about loss, survival, and the way community helps us carry what feels unendurable.

A couple of years ago, my daughter—a recently graduated English major with an impeccable track record for book recommendations—suggested that I read Dear Edward . It took me a while to make it happen, but while we traveled together last holiday season, she glanced over mid-flight and was startled to see me reading her recommended novel about a plane crash while we were navigating multiple legs of our own air travel. I understood her concern. I even surprised myself by becoming so absorbed in Ann Napolitano’s captivating story of a flight from Ne

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