02202cam a2200301 i 4500 375974855 TxAuBib 20190425120000.0 190225s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781503905030 14.95 1503905039 14.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Lane, Soraya M. The spitfire girls [BOOK] / Soraya M. Lane. First edition. Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, 2019. 320 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Three skilled aviators determined to help win the war. Three brave women who know their place is not at home. At the height of World War II, the British Air Transport Auxiliary need help. A group of young women volunteer for action, but the perils of their new job don't end on the tarmac. Things are tough in the air, but on the ground their abilities as pilots are constantly questioned. There is friction from the start between the new recruits. Spirited American Lizzie turns heads with her audacity, but few can deny her flying skills. She couldn't be more different from shy, petite Ruby, who is far from diminutive in the sky. It falls to pragmatic pilot May to bring the women together and create a formidable team capable of bringing the aircraft home. As these very different women fight to prove themselves up to the task at hand, they are faced with challenges and tragedies at every turn. They must fight for equal pay and respect while handling aircraft that are dangerously ill-equipped; meanwhile, lives continue to be lost in the tumult of war. Determined to assist the war effort doing what they love, can May, Lizzie and Ruby put aside their differences to overcome adversity, and will they find love in the skies? 20190425. Great Britain Air Transport Auxiliary Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain Fiction. Women air pilots Fiction. Air pilots Fiction. Historical fiction.