Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on 7/25/2016 + 1568 more book reviews

If you read JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL, THE BRIDGE ACROSS FOREVER or ONE, you won't be exactly surprised to find Bach's RUNNING FROM SAFETY stretching your mind in unexpected directions.
The author asks one basic question, and then one more: If the child-we-were long ago asked us today for the best we've learned from living all the years between then and now, what would we tell them? What would we discover in return?

From frontspiece: A half-mile up, suspended by nylon wings and the promise of good lift, life hanges on a pledge. Richard Bach made that pledge, fifty years before, to return to the frightened child he used to be and teach him everything he had learned from living. His promise went unfulfilled until one day, hovering between earth and sky, Richard encounters Dickie Bach, age nine--irrepressible challenger of every notion Richard embraces....
In this exhilarating adventure, Richard and Dickie probe the timeless questions both need answered if either is to be whole: Why does growing spiritually mean never growing up? Can we peacefully coexist with the consequences of our choices? Why is it that only by running from safety can we make our wildest dreams take flight?

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