Title : The Aviatrix - Paula McLain - Book

Summary :

Wings of Desire

Beryl Markham was two years old when her family moved to Kenya in 1904. Quickly abandoned by her mother, she was raised by her father—a racehorse trainer—and by the natives of the Kipsigi tribe, who lived on her father's land. This unconventional upbringing for someone of her rank transformed her into a bold and fierce young woman, who had a boundless love for the wilderness and disregarded decency. From failed marriages to thwarted affairs—she fell madly in love with Denys Finch Hatton, the lover of author Karen Blixen—Beryl gradually established herself as one of the most remarkable women of her time. She would become the first female aviator to complete a solo transatlantic flight from east to west...

Set against the majestic landscapes of early 20th-century Africa, Paula McLain tells the story of an extraordinary woman who yearns only to be free.

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