In the Air of an Afternoon Almost Past

A Memoir of Loss

Peter Goers

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Wakefield Press
24 July 2023

Biography: arts & entertainment; Memoirs; Biography - Australian

These events, foretold, are of forty years ago. They were a surreal blur then and remain so. A fever dream that was tragically real. Even with the clarity of time, there is only distance. And the need to understand. I suppose it is a long overdue, long goodbye.

Grief is a great theme of our times and this is a memoir of grief in action.

On the tempest-tossed afternoon of 9 July 1982, Pan Am flight 759 crashed into a suburb of New Orleans shortly after takeoff. Eight people on the ground and all 145 passengers died, among them Peter's parents, Margaret and Brian Goers, aged 50 and 52. Peter, busy with his promising career as a director, had not said goodbye.

Peter left for the US the next day, summoned to identify the bodies. These are his impressions of a strange and tragic journey full of potent memory, loss, poignant candour, wisdom and family redemption.

By: Peter Goers
Imprint: Wakefield Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 150g
ISBN: 9781743059944
ISBN 10: 1743059949
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 24 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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