Wings : A Novel of World War II Flygirls (Hardcover)

from tututhefirst

As a former servicewoman myself, I was thrilled to get this one to review from the LibraryThing Early Reviewer (ER) program. Although fictionalized, the author does an excellent job of telling the story of this courageous, often misunderstood, and too long forgotten group of women. In the early p...

from nu-bibliophile

The author elaborated the historical details of WWII female pilots very well. The historical point of view was rich and descriptive. An alluring novel that will cause readers to acknowledge and be impressed on how female pilots risked their lives, and yet they were disregarded and belittled durin...

from jo2son

This is the engaging story of Sally Ketchum, a young woman with experience as a barnstormer who is accepted into the U.S. military Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program during World War II. This story is well written until the end, which felt a bit choppy, as if the author was unsure abo...

from Kwidhalm

I actually really enjoyed this book and ironically enough read it on the airplane while heading to vacation! I find myself drawn to books that take place during WW II but I had yet to read anything that involved the WASP program. The information that I gathered from the story has made we want to ...

from MEENIEREADS

It often happens with me that when I am reading a book that mentions something more things written on that subject are thrown at me. Woman pilots is just such a subject. I was reading a book where one of the characters goes to Texas to train to be a WASP(Womans Airforce Service Pilots). I then ha...