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Flying Jenny (vuoden 2018 painos)

Tekijä: Theasa Tuohy (Tekijä)

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Fiction. Literature. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML: "[A] *superb new historical novel . . . about the heady late 1920s, when the public went crazy every day over barnstorming pilots and their heroic stunts."�??Publishers* Daily Reviews** /> People are doing all sorts of screwy things in 1929. It is a time of hope, boundless optimism, and prosperity. "Blue Skies" is the song on everyone's lips. The tabloids are full of flagpole sitters, flappers, and marathon dancers. Ever since Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic solo, the entire world has gone nuts over flying. But everyone agrees that the stunt pilots take the cake. Jenny Flynn defies the odds and conventions in her pursuit of the sky. She attracts the attention of Laura Bailey, a brash reporter crashing through her own glass ceiling at a New York City newspaper. Laura chases the pilot's story�??and the truth about her own mysterious father�??on a barnstorming escapade from Manhattan to the Midwest. Flying Jenny offers a vivid portrait of an earlier time when airplanes drew swarming crowds entranced by the pioneers�??male and female�??of flight. Finalist for the Oklahoma Book Awards, Fiction "[A] romp through the early days of women's aviation history . . . Debutante pilot Jenny Flynn and cub reporter Laura Bailey carry the spunk of Thelma & Louise to new heights as they fight for space in the cockpit and the city room."�??Janet Groth, author of The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker "Tuohy uses both Jenny and Laura to explore gender roles in the late 1920s and how two young women push their own boundaries as well as the society around them."�??Historical N… (lisätietoja)

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Jäsen:	Jeanomario
Teoksen nimi:	Flying Jenny
Kirjailijat:	Theasa Tuohy (Tekijä)
Info:	Kaylie Jones Books (2018), 288 pages
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I struggled with this book, labeled historical fiction. It jumps abruptly from here to there, not completing a story line before moving onto another, without developing the many items on a perceived outline. It seems to be well-researched, but the writing is irregular and rushed. (

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Jeanomario | Feb 8, 2021 |

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I don't always read or seek out historical fiction, but this one intrigued me. The era just before the Great Depression, times were full of speakeasies, new adventure, and possibilities. Especially for women. This one does some name dropping but not overly so that I felt it was forced into the story to remind the reader just when this time was.It was natural to read about Amelia Earhart and other flyers since this was what the book was about. Women flying. It's told from two viewpoints, two women in a world where they haven't been exactly accepted before, flying and news reporting. Both are different in their upbringing but both have battles they are fighting each day. Prejudices they must overcome. Prove they can do the job and do it well.
I made notes as I read to look up other personalities and events mentioned. One takes place in Oklahoma where Osage tribe was moved from Kansas and onto land that ended up being rich in oil. They became rich but there were mysterious deaths as well. I am looking this up. I know there must be books out there about this.
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Squeex | May 12, 2019 |

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I love historical fiction especially set in the 1920's when things were so different in so many ways especially for women like Laura and Jenny.

Women flying were a new thing then, Jenny being one of a few. Laura, a newspaper reporter for a newspaper in NYC, also a rare job for a woman back then, is tired of the usual stories they give her and wants to sink her teeth into a good one. This is how she meets Jenny and her manager, her husband and a lot of other characters, getting stories and actually going up into a plane herself. She's naive in love and she finds love here also. She also wants to find out about her real father who might have been a priest and who her bohemian mother who was friends with Edna St. Vincent Millay and who Laura considered her aunt. Her mother refuses to talk to her about it and comes to find out from someone she meets in this group of people that it may be true and it was. (

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sweetbabyjane58 | Sep 16, 2018 |

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Tuohy's novel 'Flying Jenny' is well researched, and full of interesting information about early aviation and references to well known historical figures from the roaring twenties. I found that I cared more about the historical backdrop than I did about the characters, but it still made for an entertaining read.

arcadia123 | Jul 17, 2018 |

I love historical fiction. One thing that will make me love a book of this genre is when the story has so many details that I read with a pad and pen. I need to look some of this information up to find out if it is truth or just told so well it feels like truth. The story is set during the 1920's. Women have had the vote for a while. Now they have stepped out to try to find their place in the world. We find two women stepping into a world that is dominated by me. Jenny is a pilot who loves the freedom of flying for the fun of it. Women have begun to step into the pilot's seat for different types of challenges, endurance and speed challenges as well as stunt flying. Laura is a reporter in New York. Due to her bohemian background, she has had to find her own way in the world since she was a small child. She meets Jenny while covering a story where a pilot is going to fly under the major bridges in New York City. That is when Laura realizes the pilot is a woman. There worlds collide in many ways. I felt more like I was reading a biography than a historical fiction book. The whole thing was so well written I felt like I was a third character in the book just observing. I had not heard of this author before. I will definitely look for more by them. A very interesting book that I would recommend. (

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Fiction. Literature. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:

"[A] superb new historical novel . . . about the heady late 1920s, when the public went crazy every day over barnstorming pilots and their heroic stunts."�??Publishers Daily Reviews

People are doing all sorts of screwy things in 1929. It is a time of hope, boundless optimism, and prosperity. "Blue Skies" is the song on everyone's lips. The tabloids are full of flagpole sitters, flappers, and marathon dancers. Ever since Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic solo, the entire world has gone nuts over flying. But everyone agrees that the stunt pilots take the cake.
Jenny Flynn defies the odds and conventions in her pursuit of the sky. She attracts the attention of Laura Bailey, a brash reporter crashing through her own glass ceiling at a New York City newspaper. Laura chases the pilot's story�??and the truth about her own mysterious father�??on a barnstorming escapade from Manhattan to the Midwest.
Flying Jenny offers a vivid portrait of an earlier time when airplanes drew swarming crowds entranced by the pioneers�??male and female�??of flight.

Finalist for the Oklahoma Book Awards, Fiction

"[A] romp through the early days of women's aviation history . . . Debutante pilot Jenny Flynn and cub reporter Laura Bailey carry the spunk of Thelma & Louise to new heights as they fight for space in the cockpit and the city room."�??Janet Groth, author of The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker

"Tuohy uses both Jenny and Laura to explore gender roles in the late 1920s and how two young women push their own boundaries as well as the society around them."�??Historical N