Winning and compulsively readable, Fly Girl is like a first-class ticket to the sadly-bygone days when air travel was stylish, sexy and deliciously rarified. What a pleasure to see another side of this best-selling author--the small-town girl with a passion for adventure who earns her flight-attendant's wings while decidedly discovering her own.--Paula McLain, New York Times best-selling author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark Fly Girl 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 Lionness In this warm and engaging memoir, Ann Hood captures the heady thrills as well as the grueling 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, Fly Girl soars.--Christina Baker Kline, New York Times best-selling author of The Exiles and Orphan Train Fly Girl is a sheer pleasure.

A hilarious and often moving look back at a bygone era and a young woman's coming of age.--Dennis Lehane, New York Times best-selling author of Since We Fell At first blush, Fly Girl 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 As a young woman in the late 1970s, Ann Hood's determination to seek an adventurous life propelled her into this contradictory profession. Now she flies readers through that era--of flight, American history, and her own life--and into the present with warmth, humor, and insight in a memoir that sparkles.--Julia Cooke, author of Come Fly the World: The Jet Age Story of the Women of Pan Am.