{"product_id":"touching-the-sky-the-extraordinary-story-of-an-australian-trailblazer-who-became-the-longest-flying-female-airline-pilot-in-the-world","title":"Touching The Sky: The Extraordinary Story Of An Australian Trailblazer Who Became The Longest Flying Female Airline Pilot In The World","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eIn *Touching The Sky: The Extraordinary Story Of An Australian Trailblazer Who Became The Longest Flying Female Airline Pilot In The World*, Deborah Lawrie delivers a candid, cheeky memoir about grit, ambition, and the hard-earned right to belong in the cockpit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eGrowing up in 1950s Australia, Lawrie sets her sights on aviation long before the industry is ready to take her seriously. What follows is a vivid account of training, working life in the era of smoky cabins and rigid expectations, and the relentless pushback she faced as she pursued a commercial airline career. When she’s told women can’t do the job—or can’t do it while raising a family—she takes the fight further than anyone expects, challenging discrimination through a landmark court case.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003ePerfect for readers of Australian memoir, women’s history, aviation stories, and true tales of social change, this is a sharply observed, deeply personal read.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eAdd it to your shelf and discover the story that helped reshape Australian aviation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52329469968660,"sku":"9780733343964","price":35.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9780733343964_1.jpg?v=1775620987","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/touching-the-sky-the-extraordinary-story-of-an-australian-trailblazer-who-became-the-longest-flying-female-airline-pilot-in-the-world","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}