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Fly girl : a memoir / Ann Hood.

Hood, Ann, 1956- (author.).

Summary:
"An entertaining and fascinating memoir of "gifted storyteller" (People) Ann Hood's adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the Golden Age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world, Ann Hood joined their ranks. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin, found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more than a million miles in high heels, smiling as she served thousands of passengers. She flew through the start of deregulation, an oil crisis, massive furloughs, and a labor strike. As the airline industry changed around her, Hood began to write-even drafting snatches of her first novel from the jump-seat. She reveals how the job empowered her, despite its roots in sexist standards. Packed with funny, moving, and shocking stories of life as a flight attendant, Fly Girl captures the nostalgia and magic of air travel at its height, and the thrill that remains with every takeoff"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781324006237
  • ISBN: 1324006234
  • Physical Description: xvi, 269 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022]
Subject: Hood, Ann, 1956-
Flight attendants > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 23 of 25 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 92 HOOD (Text) 50686016170800 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 05/23/2024
Albright Memorial Library 92 HOOD (Text) 50686016171915 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bangor Public Library B 92 HOO (Text) 75011000377108 Adult Biography Available -
DuBois Public Library BIO HOOD (Text) 61000100083431 Adult NonFiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library B HOOD (Text) 36446002065954 Adult Biography Available -
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) BIOG HOOD-A (Text)
Endowment: Air Explorer Post #605 Named Endowment, 2022
35740635838063 Biography Available -
Highland Community Library B HOO (Text) 35610000993928 HGHM Biography Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Biography Hood (Text) 39427103655262 Nonfiction Room: Adult Biography Available -
Kreutz Creek Valley Library Adults Hood Biography (Text) 34261000546232 Adult Area Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 92 HOO HOO 2022 (Text) 31001101893551 Adult Biography Available -

Summary: "An entertaining and fascinating memoir of "gifted storyteller" (People) Ann Hood's adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the Golden Age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world, Ann Hood joined their ranks. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin, found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more than a million miles in high heels, smiling as she served thousands of passengers. She flew through the start of deregulation, an oil crisis, massive furloughs, and a labor strike. As the airline industry changed around her, Hood began to write-even drafting snatches of her first novel from the jump-seat. She reveals how the job empowered her, despite its roots in sexist standards. Packed with funny, moving, and shocking stories of life as a flight attendant, Fly Girl captures the nostalgia and magic of air travel at its height, and the thrill that remains with every takeoff"--

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