Feitellโs characters deal with shifting dynamics in relationshipsโwhether they be best friends, lovers, family, or even strangersโthat consistently leave them torn between two places or commitments. In the title story, Janie has undergone a painful childbirth experience and her group of friends must pioneer new dynamics while she wonders how to bring her old self back. In โBike New York!โ amid thirty thousand cyclists, a man on the brink of marriage meets a young girl who, in a tiny Brooklyn bakery, affirms both who he has been and who he is going to be. On this short detour from normal life he comes to understand โthe funny thing about finding your way in the world. There was a place laid out for you . . . and even as you stepped into it, happy for the chance to rest, you wondered how you ever ended up there.โ
Funny, big-hearted, and deft, Here Beneath Low-Flying Planes navigates the reader through the life that happens when youโre planning other things. It is a collection of experiences, roads not taken, and the intense and unforeseen sparks of connection we hope for.