In Constant Flight (1983) by Elizabeth Tallent

motifs i noticed:

acting - "Ice," "Keats," "Bridges"

Adidas - "Keats," "Natural Law," "Swans," "Bridges," "In Constant Flight"

airplanes/airports - "Ice," "Asteroids," "Refugees," "Keats," "Bridges"

antelope - "Asteroids," "Refugees," "Keats," "Bridges"

birds/dinosaurs - "Refugees," "Natural Law," "Swans," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

cats - "Ice," "Asteroids," "Keats," "Comings and Goings," "Natural Law," "Why I Love Country Music," "Bridges," "In Constant Flight," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

child (always someone else's) - "Asteroids," "Natural Law," "Bridges," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

Colorado - "Refugees," "Comings and Goings," "In Constant Flight," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

dance - "Ice," "Why I Love Country Music," "Bridges"

Danskin - "Asteroids," "Natural Law," "Keats"

Datsun - "Refugees," "Natural Law"

divorce - "Asteroids," "Keats," "Natural Law," "Why I Love Country Music," "Swans," "Bridges," "In Constant Flight," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

dogs - "Asteroids," "Keats," "In Constant Flight"

feral child - "Keats," "In Constant Flight"

Fiats - "Keats," "Natural Law," "Swans," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

field research - "Refugees," "Swans," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

horns - "Comings and Goings," "Why I Love Country Music," "Bridges"

Humphrey Bogart - "Keats," "In Constant Flight"

masks - "Ice," "Asteroids," "Natural Law," "Why I Love Country Music," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

movies - "Asteroids," "Refugees," "Keats," "Comings and Goings"

New Mexico - "Natural Law," "Why I Love Country Music," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

parent death - "Ice," "Asteroids," "Bridges"

Star Wars - "Asteroids," "Natural Law," "In Constant Flight," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

university - "Refugees," "Keats," "Comings and Goings," "Swans," "In Constant Flight," "The Evolution of Birds of Paradise"

Virgo - "Natural Law," "In Constant Flight"