She was the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America. (1936)
Book Club read - Our fist book of 2026.
She's a total stud.
This is a memoir about her flight but actually more about her child hood and young adult hood growing up in a very rural part of east Africa (now Kenya.)
She's an excellent writer.
Her free-range and unorthodox childhood was a breeding ground for her to live an original life. She helped her father train racehorses, hunted with the locals, tussled with a lion once and portrays it all charmingly.
Her father moved to South America when she was a teenager and she decided to stay in Africa, striking it out on her own as a horse trainer.
She eventually met a pilot who taught her to fly and she became a professional independently contracted commercial flier in Africa.
There are some personal details omitted (relationship stuff) and it focuses more on her adventures, flying, horses, and the characters surrounding these endeavors.
I would love to know more about the other stuff, but it was a very interesting and original read.
Eager to discuss it at book club Sunday!
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