'Come Fly the World tells the story of adventurous women navigating a world on the cusp of change. Cooke’s stewardesses are exhilarating examples of a new generation of women getting the hell out of their podunk towns and building careers, identities, and lives for themselves around the world.' -Sarah Menkedick, Lit Hub

'As Cooke depicts with elegance and intricacy and nuance, these women were not objects they were complicated individuals and ironic figureheads of a new era of women’s liberation. “The book soars… At a time when that 1960s notion of air travel as decadent and exceptional is experiencing an unexpected revival, this book may not be quite the full Pan Am dry martini you crave, but it could be the G&T in a plastic glass you need.” - The Spectator, U.K. 'At the dawn of the jet set era of boundless commercial flight, women could travel the world as stewardesses engage in soft diplomacy and foreign affairs against the backdrop of the Vietnam War.For those who miss Mad Men, this is a must read.' - New York Observer

“Journalist Cooke ( The Other Side of Paradise) recounts in this dramatic history the surprising role Pan Am stewardesses played in the Vietnam War….Skillfully intertwining jet-age excitement with the tumultuous politics of the era, this is a unique and compassionate portrait of barrier-breaking women in the 1960s and ’70s.” - Publishers Weekly Come Fly the World opens an intimate porthole into the life they chose aboard Pan American.” - Air Mail “Female roles were transformed over the Pan Am decades, but stewardesses remained in a strange no-woman’s land-smiling, servile symbols of male fantasy but also working women traveling the globe in challenging jobs when most of their peers were at home with families. “Thoughtful, well-researched and utterly engaging, Come Fly the World is smart escapist journalism and a tribute to hundreds of women who were much more than just a crew of pretty faces….Journalist Julia Cooke paints a riveting, complex portrait of the adventurous lives of Pan Am stewardesses during aviation's golden age.” - Shelf Awareness “An entertaining, insightful look into a gritty and glamorous era in air travel.”- STARRED Kirkus Reviews “This engrossing account, which reads like a novel, offers a combination of riveting personal stories and little-known history, and will draw in readers from the first page. 'A fascinating history of a bygone era.”-People ' offers more than one delicious flavor of escapism.' - Mythili G. 'Julia Cooke's entertaining, sexism-skewering history shows how female flight attendants were also flag-flying diplomats.' - Financial Times

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