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SUMMARY:Beyond Fiction Book Club - Come Fly the World by Julia Cooke
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss this month's Beyond Fiction Book Club selection\, Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke.  Books will be available to check out at the Adult Help Desk.  If you need help acquiring a book\, please reach out to Jill Morino at jmorino@wauclib.org.  \n\nREGISTER\n\nGlamour\, danger\, liberation: in a Mad Men era of commercial flight\, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out\, and wanted up\n\nRequired to have a college education\, speak two languages\, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer\, a jet-age stewardess serving on Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also had to meet strict height\, weight and age requirements.\n\nCooke's intimate storytelling weaves together the real-life stories of a memorable cast of characters\, from small-town girl Lynne Totten\, a science major who decided life in a lab was not for her\, to Hazel Bowie\, one of the relatively few Black stewardesses of the era\, as they embraced the liberation of their new jet-set life. Cooke brings to light the story of Pan Am stewardesses' role in the Vietnam War\, including the dramatic evacuation of 2\,000 children during the fall of Saigon.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us to discuss this month&#39\;s Beyond Fiction Book Club selection\,&nbsp\;<em>Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am&nbsp\;</em>by Julia Cooke.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Books will be available to check out at the Adult Help Desk.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;If you need help acquiring a book\, please reach out to Jill Morino at jmorino@wauclib.org.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p><a href="https://www.wauclib.org/event/bfbc-jan-placeholder-36330">REGISTER</a></p>\n\n<p>Glamour\, danger\, liberation: in a Mad Men&ndash\;era of commercial flight\, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out\, and wanted up</p>\n\n<p>Required to have a college education\, speak two languages\, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer\, a jet-age stewardess serving on Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also had to meet strict height\, weight and age requirements.</p>\n\n<p>Cooke&rsquo\;s intimate storytelling weaves together the real-life stories of a memorable cast of characters\, from small-town girl Lynne Totten\, a science major who decided life in a lab was not for her\, to Hazel Bowie\, one of the relatively few Black stewardesses of the era\, as they embraced the liberation of their new jet-set life. Cooke brings to light the story of Pan Am stewardesses&rsquo\; role in the Vietnam War\, including the dramatic evacuation of 2\,000 children during the fall of Saigon.</p>\n
LOCATION:Wauconda Area Public Library 801 N. Main St. Wauconda\, IL 60084
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URL:https://business.waucondachamber.org/events/details/beyond-fiction-book-club-come-fly-the-world-by-julia-cooke-15123
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