{"product_id":"fly-girl-9781324050414","title":"Fly Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn entertaining and fascinating memoir of gifted storyteller (People) Ann Hood's adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this warm and engaging memoir, Ann Hood captures the heady thrills as well as the gruelling realities of life as a flight attendant during the Golden Age of air travel. Over eight years, Hood walked a million miles, explored far-flung cities, and learned invaluable lessons that shaped her as a writer and a person. A brisk history lesson, an affectionate homage, and a thoughtful critique of the airline industry, \u003cem\u003eFly Girl\u003c\/em\u003e soars.\" -- Christina Baker Kline, New York Times best-selling author of The Exiles and Orphan Train\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFly Girl\u003c\/em\u003e soars: Ann Hood’s memoir of her experiences as a flight attendant is a love letter to the years when flying was a dream—and the 747s ruled the skies. I was catapulted back in time and savored every second and every story from 35,000 feet in the air.\" -- Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Flight Attendant and The Lioness\u003cbr\u003e\"At first blush, \u003cem\u003eFly Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is a charming, layered memoir about Ann Hood’s life as a flight attendant who knew the industry in its glory days—and its-not-so-glorious days post-deregulation. But it’s also something much more, nothing less than a manifesto calling us to embrace joy and adventure, however we define them. I have always loved Ann’s stories and now I know why she has so many: She has lived, in the best, fullest sense of that word. She can't make the sun stand still, but, boy does she make it run.\" -- Laura Lippman, New York Times best-selling author of Dream Girl and Lady in the Lake","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738571583831,"sku":"9781324050414","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781324050414.jpg?v=1720049510","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fly-girl-9781324050414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}