The book Flying at Night by Rebecca L. Brown is about a woman named Piper, who has a child named Fred, who is on the autism spectrum, her husband and her father named Lance, but they sometimes called the silver eagle. Piper has never been very close to her father since he was mean to her, her mother, and her brother Curtis. Piper thought she got a bit closer to her father when Fred had a lot of interest in his career, which was a pilot. When Fred got over that interested overnight, they would not see the silver eagle at all.

 When Lance got in an accident, Piper did not feel sad “I had not shed a tear over my father” (Brown 43). Her mother was crying when she saw Piper, but when she was told that her husband was going to live after the accident just lost his memory she snaps. She left Lance to Piper to leave at a nursing home but it was a terrible place, so Piper took her father home to live with him. She did not think her relationship with her father was going to change, but to her surprise, it grew very strong. Piper and her mother always had a good relationship, yet now their relationship was on thin ice. “You know what, Mom? That is too bad because I’m going to talk about him” (Brown 250). Piper was very exasperated with her mother, leaving her with her father when she was supposed to be with him for better or worse.

What I really like about this book was that Fred reminds me of my sister who has Down syndrome. She is very impetuous, yet she is very shy unless she knows you. Another reason I like this book is it gives me a different perspective on Piper, Fred, and Lance pint of view. What I do not like about it was how Piper’s mom leaves her to take care of her father when she already has a lot on her plate. The book did work for me because it was very interesting to me. I connected a lot with the book, for I know someone who went through something like this in real life. Something I did not like about the book was that it confused me at first because her Father’s part she names Lance and other parts the silver eagle, which was to show the two parts of this character. I would recommend this book to someone who thinks family is important and likes knowing the different perspective of different characters in the book.