Olivia West's Wild Flight

“I think my dear friend Amelia Earhart said it best: Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Perhaps. But what do dreams know of boundaries?” Olivia West
California 1927. Olivia “Livy” West, a young woman with a passion for adventure, dreams of crossing oceans and flying in the clouds. When she hears about the Dole Air Race, a 3,900-kilometre flight across the ocean from California to Hawaii, she is determined to take part at any cost. But she quickly finds out that only men are expected to participate. Undeterred, she eventually fights her way into the competition as a navigator. However, the race is more dangerous than it seems and soon turns into a fight for survival.
Hawaii 1987. Wren Summers is broke and recovering from a painful breakup, so an unexpected inheritance in Hawaii is more than welcome. Even though it's just a remote piece of land with a dilapidated barn and an overgrown macadamia grove. Her initial plan is to sell everything quickly and use the money to get back on her feet. But mysterious objects found in the barn lead her to a tragic air disaster forgotten in time, and Wren decides to find out what really happened back then. With the help of local old-timers, she pieces together the remarkable story of a female pilot who rewrote aviation history. What she discovers, however, will affect her much more deeply and personally than she ever expected.

Translated by Hana Sichingerová.