Author Description

When a C-54 airplane crashes en-route to Schipol in Holland, American pilot Bill Schoyen is the sole survivor. Grounded for one year and relegated to security work, Bill remains in self-imposed exile in England away from his home, his wife, and his children. He claims his reason for doing so is a sense of shame, but in fact he means to investigate the crash, suspecting sabotage.Bill develops an obsession with unhappily married up-and-coming actress Emma Reynolds, who is appearing in repertory near his base. The two begin an affair that dominates all notions of duty or ambition – but when Bill’s family arrives in the UK he is faced with a terrible choice. Alternating between the fashionable world of the theatre and an air base where a saboteur is at work, This Side of the Sky traces their dilemma with a blend of passion, sympathy and suspense.