A World War II novel from a woman’s point of view, The Flight Girls follows a young Texas woman who, despite her privileged life in Dallas, leaves the security of home and family to fly military aircraft for the US Army. The main character, Audrey, is strong and self-sufficient with the dream of owning the local airport. I knew about the brave women of the WASP program before reading the novel, but Salazar’s writing made those women come to life with its historical details. These women—early feminists every one, even if they wouldn’t admit it—did the sometimes deadly aviation work of transporting military planes to free up men in the war. Audrey, who’s training military pilots in Hawaii, witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor and all its horror. A native Texan, I found the descriptions of Sweetwater, San Antonio, and Abilene believable. A good read.
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