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Really enjoyable listen!

First book that came to mind. This was a fun read - tales of flight attendant life in the mid 20th century

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One thing I don't like about many non-fiction books is that they sometimes carry you along because the subject is interesting, not because the writing is stellar.

Anyway, even though the writing was a bit bland sometimes, I really did enjoy this one. I have a friend who was an Vietnamese orphan who was adopted by a US couple and though I don't know enough details, of course the description of Operation Babylift made me think of her so much.

I may be the only weirdo who gets hung up on details like these. Did they give them actual powdered milk, not formula? How old were these babies? What had they been fed if not milk? So many questions 😅

I‘m posting my nonfiction #readingbracket early as I wont finish another by the end of the month.

I really liked Come Fly the World. The writing was easy to flow with and I learned quite a bit.

It didn‘t quite stack up to my July book though. Gathering Moss is the current leader for the second half of the year.

This made me wish I enjoyed flying.

The travel industry has changed since the early days of intercontinental trips. I enjoyed this insight into how stewardesses had to conform to company norms, and the ways the job changed in both their perspective and the way they were portrayed.

I had no idea how large a part Pan Am played in transport of American troops to and from Vietnam. Some of those parts brought tears to my eyes.

Great book!

This was fun and informative! I loved traveling the world with the ladies of Pan Am. It was full of nostalgia for a different era/ when air travel was both glamorous and an absolute free for all 😊#TitlesAndTunes #TheWorldIsMyOyster @BarbaraBB Now im off to Google the ladies and check out the #SundayBuddyRead discussion questions 💜

August #titlesandtunes #theworldismyoyster

What a fun prompt! I bet this will be a really upbeat playlist.

I‘ve been intending to read Come Fly With Me for a while, hope I can squeeze it in to August!

For my song I‘ll be “Livin‘ my life like it‘s golden!” With Golden by Jill Scott. 💛

Well researched and I learned a great deal about the Pan Am era (including the war in Vietnam), the contributions of flight attendants to the women‘s movement, and the airline industry. ✈️🛩️🌏

Not riveting, but informative. Listened for work bookclub.

#MayMontage #SunglassesOnCover @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I had very little prior knowledge of Pan Am. Amazing opportunities for women of a time when they were expected to be housewives and little else. These brave flight attendants traveled the world—going to amazing destinations, wearing clothes that would have been unacceptable and socializing in ways that wouldn‘t have been possible in America. A quick listen and a #blameitonlitsy checkout. Good but not great for me.

Interesting read about Pan Am during the Mad Men era. I think the description was a little misleading, as the recounting of the former stewardesses was a smaller portion of this book than I anticipated. There was a lot of historical events mentioned as well as the history of Pan Am itself. Maybe I wasn‘t in the right mood to read this right now. Maybe I‘ll give it a re-read later this year to see if I feel the same way.

When I was younger, I thought I wanted to be a stewardess, so I could travel. This was before I had ever been on a plane. Now I could never imagine myself doing it.

Thanks so much for #ALSpine for putting this book on my radar! I thoroughly loved and enjoyed this book. I found it so fascinating. Who knew how much they did for the war!

I finished what will probably be my only nonfiction read for 2023 🤣

🎶🎵 On the eleventh day of #12BooksOf2022 my book log gave to me… my favorite book of November 2022!
@Andrew65

November #12booksof2022 a #sundaybuddyread I am Canadian so no access to Pan Am here ( and while I‘m old, I‘m not that old) but to me Pan Am personified the glamourous travel period of the 60‘s that I‘d later see in movies. I had no idea of so many other parts of its history. This book is fabulous. I‘ve convinced my irl bookclub to read it

This was almost voted in as one of my bookclub reads this coming year, so I was excited to get it from @Jee_HookedOnBookz (who doesn‘t really use Litsy anymore.)
I‘m going to try to make it fit one of my challenges this year instead, I hear it‘s a great read.
Aren‘t these coasters fun too? Thanks Jee, if you happen to get on here!

I had a great #NonfictionNovember thanks to Litsy reading groups #SundayBuddyRead and #SheSaid

Both books took feminist looks at the world. One was historic about a group Pan-Am stewardesses (Come Fly the World). The other was very modern and personal about health, work, divorce, family, and dating (Ladyparts). Both gave lots of food for thought.

Read for #SundayBuddyRead this gets an enthusiastic pick! I knew I would enjoy the historical perspective of what being a stewardess in the heyday of Pan Am Airlines was like but didn‘t expect the look at Pan Am in history, politics & war. So interesting! I enjoyed the women‘s stories even if it was a bit hard to keep track of them at times. It gave me a new appreciation of flight attendants & the stewardesses of the past & the role they had in ⬇️

After a reminder of this book from @kspenmoll and some urging from @TheBookHippie and @Librariana I‘m starting this book I‘ve had in my shelf for two years!
My grandchildren, Emery & Natalya are now 3 yo. 👧🏻 👧🏻

“ A nation of Penelopes did not wait for Odysseues.” This is in reference to the social/political changes in women & it‘s movement that occurred while the Vietnam War was waging.The stewardesses in the tagged book were already independent, resourceful,living on their own, had their own incomes & were traveling the world.This well researched non fiction book goes beyond my expectations. I am riveted! #sundaybuddyread

Once I started listening to this I couldn‘t stop & devoured it in one day! So much in here I didn‘t know! The structure wasn‘t my favorite, it was a little hard to keep all the different womens‘ backgrounds straight in my mind, but the writing and narration were both so good that I didn‘t mind. I feel like I got a privileged little glimpse into a world I can never really know, not having experienced it myself. #SundayBuddyRead @TheBookHippie

#CurentlyListening I haven‘t been following along with the #SundayBuddyRead folks all month, but I‘ve been intrigued by everyone‘s glowing reviews of this one and it just came available on audio so I‘m jumping in at the 11th hour. My grandmother was a stewardess with American Airlines maybe a decade or two before the focus of this book and I‘ve always been curious about that part of her life. I‘ll have to see if my mother remembers any stories.

Definitely a pick. And extra props to @TheBookHippie for bringing this into my life.

#SundayBuddyRead final discussion this Sunday. Until then 🤐

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Such a fascinating read. A look at some of the women that worked for the iconic airline Pan Am. In learning some of their stories you learn a lot about the history of the world and travel as well as the women‘s rights movement in the mid century. If you‘re looking for an interesting non-fiction, this would be a good one to pick up! Read for #sundaybuddyread

Pretending I‘m about to fly with a generous pour of red and a salty snack #sundaybuddyread