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Summary of Ann Hood's Fly Girl

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Summary of Ann Hood's Fly Girl written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-05-21T22:59:00Z with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Flying was expensive in 1972, so most Americans took car trips instead. My parents were no exception. They always took car trips to visit my father’s relatives in Indiana. #2 I was 10 years old in 1967, and I was excited to visit Expo 67 in Montreal. My mother, however, was terrified of the bridge collapse and the island sinking, so we didn’t go. I was ready to go on my own, and I would fly everywhere. #3 I was 16 years old when I took my first flight in 1973. I was traveling with my friend Nancy. My father drove us the hour to Logan Airport in Boston, where we boarded a plane to Bermuda. I felt a thrill watching my savings account grow. #4 I had ended my junior year by breaking up with my steady boyfriend and vowing to start having a big, exciting life. I convinced my friend Nancy to join me on a trip somewhere, and we flew to Bermuda.

Fly Girl: A Memoir

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324006242
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Fly Girl: A Memoir written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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—and maybe, one day, write about it—Ann Hood joined their ranks. After a grueling job search, Hood survived TWA’s rigorous Breech Training Academy and learned to evacuate seven kinds of aircraft, deliver a baby, mix proper cocktails, administer oxygen, and stay calm no matter what the situation. In the air, Hood found both the adventure she’d dreamt of and the unexpected realities of life on the job. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin and dined in front of the pyramids in Cairo, fended off passengers’ advances and found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more than a million miles in high heels. 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.

The Obituary Writer: A Novel

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393089843
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Obituary Writer: A Novel written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, an uncompromising young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie O, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless marriage or follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier, in 1919, Vivien Lowe, an obituary writer, is searching for her lover who disappeared in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. By telling the stories of the dead, Vivien not only helps others cope with their grief but also begins to understand the devastation of her own terrible loss. The surprising connection between Claire and Vivien will change the life of one of them in unexpected and extraordinary ways. Part literary mystery and part love story, The Obituary Writer examines expectations of marriage and love, the roles of wives and mothers, and the emotions of grief, regret, and hope.

Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312195557
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine written by Ann Hood and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-07-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel begins in 1969, and as Peter, Paul and Mary croon on the radio and poster paints are splashing the latest anti-war slogans. Suzanne, a poet, lives in a Maine beach house awaiting the birth of a love child she will name Sparrow. Claudia, who weds a farmer during college, plans to raise three strong sons. And Elizabeth and Howard marry, organize protest marches, and try to raise their two children with their own earthy, hippie values. By 1985, things have changed. Suzanne, now with a M.B.A., has taken to calling Sparrow "Susan." After personal tragedy, Claudia spirals backward into her sixties world—and into madness. And Elizabeth, fatally ill, watches despairingly as her children yearn for a split-level house and a gleaming station wagon. In this beloved, critically acclaimed first novel, Hood's clear, brave, and penetrating voice captures the spirit of three friends struggling to resolve their lives in a complicated time warp called lost youth.

The Book That Matters Most

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393241653
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The Book That Matters Most written by Ann Hood and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling novel about love, loss, secrets, friendship, and the healing power of literature, by the bestselling author of The Knitting Circle. Ava’s twenty-five-year marriage has fallen apart, and her two grown children are pursuing their own lives outside of the country. Ava joins a book group, not only for her love of reading but also out of sheer desperation for companionship. The group’s goal throughout the year is for each member to present the book that matters most to them. Ava rediscovers a mysterious book from her childhood—one that helped her through the traumas of the untimely deaths of her sister and mother. Alternating with Ava’s story is that of her troubled daughter Maggie, who, living in Paris, descends into a destructive relationship with an older man. Ava’s mission to find that book and its enigmatic author takes her on a quest that unravels the secrets of her past and offers her and Maggie the chance to remake their lives.

How I Saved My Father's Life (and Ruined Everything Else)

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 054523168X
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book How I Saved My Father's Life (and Ruined Everything Else) written by Ann Hood and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Madeline believes she can perform miracles. And her biggest one to date is saving her father from an avalanche. But, unmiraculously, he divorces Madeline's mother after his recovery, writes a book about the avalanche, becomes a celebrity, and marries Ava Pomme, a renowned tart maker.When he leaves, Madeline is left with her mother, who is slowly coming undone; her hypochondriac little brother, who spends his days worrying about air-bag safety; a house that is falling apart around her; and no clue how to perform the miracle that will fix it all.Amidst ballet lessons, insufferable recipe experiments for her mother's Family magazine column, and a life-changing trip to Italy, Madeline learns the true meaning of faith and family in this moving novel by acclaimed author Ann Hood.

The Red Thread

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393339769
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Red Thread written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the loss of her daughter in a freak accident, Maya Lange opens an adoption agency to place baby girls from China with American families and discovers the painful and courageous journeys of both adoptive parents and birth mothers.

Knitting Circle: A Novel

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393067130
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Knitting Circle: A Novel written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-01-17 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An intelligent, moving read" (Pages) and "a testament to women’s friendship and to Ann Hood’s talent" (Hilma Wolitzer). After the loss of her only child, Mary Baxter finds herself unable to read or write, the activities that used to be her primary source of comfort. She reluctantly joins a knitting circle as a way to fill her lonely days—not knowing it will change her life. As they teach Mary new knitting techniques, the women in the circle also reveal their own secrets of loss, love, and hope. With time, Mary is finally able to tell her own story of grief, and in so doing finds the spark of life again.

An Italian Wife

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393245764
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book An Italian Wife written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the best-selling author of The Obituary Writer, the stirring multigenerational story of an Italian-American family. An Italian Wife is the extraordinary story of Josephine Rimaldi—her joys, sorrows, and passions, spanning more than seven decades. The novel begins in turn-of-the-century Italy, when fourteen-year-old Josephine, sheltered and naïve, is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America, where she later joins him. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina, is conceived in passion, born in secret, and given up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life searching for her lost child, keeping her secret even as her other children go off to war, get married, and make their own mistakes. Her son suffers in World War One. One daughter struggles to assimilate in the new world of the 1950s American suburbs, while another, stranded in England, grieves for a lover lost in World War Two. Her granddaughters experiment with the sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll in the 1970s. Poignant, sensual, and deeply felt, An Italian Wife is a sweeping and evocative portrait of a family bound by love and heartbreak.

Places to Stay the Night

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480466859
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Places to Stay the Night written by Ann Hood and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “sparkling” novel of love and loss from the bestselling author of Kitchen Yarns, “one of the best young writers in the world of contemporary fiction” (Booklist). Libby Harper, unsatisfied with her suburban life, abandons Massachusetts, her two teenage children, and Tom, her husband of eighteen years. Depressed and feeling trapped, she is determined to realize her fantasies of Hollywood fame before it is too late. Dana has been expecting her mother to walk out for years. Her older brother, Troy, who is always in trouble, has been struggling to get his mother’s attention for most of his life. But it is Tom, their father, who is hit the hardest. Once, he and Libby were the most beautiful couple in town. Rudderless without the woman he has loved since ninth grade, he is a man drowning when Renata Handy enters their lives. Renata has left Manhattan behind to return home with her terminally ill eight-year-old daughter. She finds an unexpected haven with Tom Harper, her high-school crush—and his shattered family. A Literary Guild selection, Places to Stay the Night is a story of the dreams we leave behind . . . and the ways we can find ourselves again.

An Ornithologist's Guide to Life

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393059007
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book An Ornithologist's Guide to Life written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of short stories that makes it possible to be proud to be human." Carolyn See, "Washington Post"

Come Fly the World

Author : Julia Cooke
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 0358251400
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Come Fly the World written by Julia Cooke and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2021 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"--

The Properties of Water

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 9780553375657
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (756 download)

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Download or read book The Properties of Water written by Ann Hood and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1996-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine comes a heartfelt novel about the unbreakable bonds among sisters and daughters. A dedicated wife and mother must come to terms with the realities of her mundane life when her estranged older sister returns to their small hometown after a long absence.

Comfort: A Journey Through Grief

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393068641
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Comfort: A Journey Through Grief written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-05-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Rarely do memoirs of grief combine anguish, love, and fury with such elegance.” — Entertainment Weekly In 2002, Ann Hood’s five-year-old daughter Grace died suddenly from a virulent form of strep throat. Stunned and devastated, the family searched for comfort in a time when none seemed possible. Hood—an accomplished novelist—was unable to read or write. She could only reflect on her lost daughter—“the way she looked splashing in the bathtub ... the way we sang ‘Eight Days a Week.’” One day, a friend suggested she learn to knit. Knitting soothed her and gave her something to do. Eventually, she began to read and write again. A semblance of normalcy returned, but grief, in ever new and different forms, still held the family. What they could not know was that comfort would come, and in surprising ways. Hood traces her descent into grief and reveals how she found comfort and hope again—a journey to recovery that culminates with a newly adopted daughter.

West with the Night

Author : Beryl Markham
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780865471184
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book West with the Night written by Beryl Markham and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1983 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography detailing the author's life in Africa and career as a pilot.

Morningstar

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 039335556X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Morningstar written by Ann Hood and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[An] enchanting journey through Ann Hood’s early fascination with reading.… Book lovers will find Morningstar irresistible.”—Lynn Sharon Schwartz, author of Ruined by Reading Growing up in a mill town in Rhode Island, in a household that didn’t foster a love of reading, novelist Ann Hood discovered nonetheless the transformative power of literature. She learned to channel her imagination, ambitions, and curiosity by devouring ever-growing stacks of books. In Morningstar, Hood recollects with warmth and honesty how The Bell Jar, Marjorie Morningstar, The Harrad Experiment, and The Outsiders influenced her teen psyche and introduced her to topics that could not be discussed at home: desire, fear, sexuality, and madness. Later, Johnny Got His Gun and Grapes of Wrath dramatically influenced her political thinking while the Vietnam War and Kent State shootings became headline news, and classics such as Dr. Zhivago and Les Misérables stoked her ambitions to travel the world. With characteristic insight and charm, Hood showcases the ways in which books gave her life and can transform—even save—our own lives.

Something Blue

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781504052788
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book Something Blue written by Ann Hood and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Katherine shows up at Lucy's Manhattan doorstep having left her fiancé at the altar, Lucy isn't thrilled to see her former sorority sister. Her own life as a children's book illustrator is complicated enough, especially as she may be falling out of love with her boyfriend. But along with Lucy's oddball best friend, Julia, the women will tackle the complicated challenge of being young, lost, and in search of meaning in New York City.