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Beautiful Journey | 
 enlarge | Author: Kenna White
Publisher: Bella Books
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 25030
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 276
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1594931283
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781594931284
ASIN: 1594931283
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
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Kit Anderson is determined to make a difference. All around her the Battle for Britain is raging, and ferrying factory-fresh airplanes to combat bases makes excellent use of her skills as flight lieutenant for the British Women's Air Transport Auxiliary. An American in southern England, she is undaunted by war. It's safer than love. The talented aviatrix could fly a crippled craft through a thunderstorm without a compass and find her way home, so it is singularly disconcerting to find herself flying in circles around Emily Mills, a too young, too attractive and too abrasive British literature teacher. Even though Emily's grandmother is Lady Marble, it's a time of war and scarcity and Emily needs work. Kit offers to help her find a job on the air base--and as is often true, no good deed goes unpunished. There's no compass on earth to help when the irascible Emily gets past all Kit's defenses. She knows the sparks could turn to flame, and their hearts are in the line of fire. Kenna White turns her storytelling talents to this unforgettable tale of women who found the courage to love in the midst of a world at war.
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 inexcusible November 19, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
To be enjoyable, a novel an historical novel should at least get it's facts straight.This novel is so inaccurate that it would take a novel to point out all the mistakes. Of the aircraft referred to in the novel, the Chipmnunk entered service in 1950, the p-51 never flew with the R.A.F, it was always referred to as a Mustang, the Lancaster did nor enter squadron service until 1942, and I do not believe that any responsible organisation would ever send a badly damaged aircraft into the air to be flown to a factory for repair. In passing, my jeep gets 20 miles on 6 litres of gas, how far do you think an engine 5 times that displacement would go on the same amount, maybe to the start of the runway. The districts of Brixton and Paddington are in greater London and have never to my knowledge housed any aircraft factories, certainly not Avro, let alone runways. as for flying to Dublin, during WW2 Ireland was neutral and would not have allowed any military aircraft in it's airspace. In the British military , officers do not snap off salutes at the slightest provocation, that is strictly an American habit. In fact, no salute is given or accepted by any individual when not in uniform including the wearing of a hat. At social functions, such as the dance, no military personel would expect or receive a salute from anyone no matter his, or her rank. Do I need to go on? everest
 BEAUTIFUL story October 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kenna White can tell a tale. I have enjoyed Kenna's tales before and look forward to her work. This storyline lead me to the stories my father told about his experiences on an air craft carrier before during and after WWII. Hearing about the old planes and the problems they faced brought up many a memory. My Mom helped put many a plane together here in Arizona at Thunderbird air field. So the memories evoked by this book were part of my enjoyment. The work itself was well written, I could visualize the events in the story line. I became a part of the story as a watcher and felt for the characters. They are strong women. Enough of the storyline was held back so that I was surprised at some of the outcomes. A good read that left me wanting to know more.
 A really enjoyable story October 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like historical period stories, Kenna White's Beautiful Journey is the book for you. If you like a good story, you still have the right book.
In the early years of World War II, before the United States entered the war, many Americans volunteered to serve in countries that were under attack. American Kit Anderson is a volunteer in the British Women's Air Transport Authority (ATA) where her job is to shuttle planes to the bases where fighter pilots are stationed and take damaged planes to repair facilities. Kit is very good at what she does and the work takes her mind off of the broken heart she left back in the States. What she doesn't count on is coming into contact with Emily Mills, a literature teacher and the only grandchild of Lady Lillian Marble. These two are meant to clash from the time Emily finds out her grandmother has rented a cottage to Kit through the experience of having Emily come to work on Kit's base. The British government has decreed that every woman had to work in the war effort and that includes Emily. As a favor to Lady Marble, Kit signs Emily's work request as her reference, only to find she is held responsible for every mistake Emily makes and there are many mistakes. Emily just seems to be a walking disaster. Kit's good nature is often tested by Emily's unpleasant attitude and then her bumbling. As they are drawn together by the war however, Kit and Emily discover love and courage. It will take tremendous courage not only to survive the war, but to battle the prejudice and bigotry they will encounter as their relationship comes to light because homophobia is strong in Britain at the time. Kit is forced to face the fact that the quality of your work does not equate with acceptance of your lifestyle and the women will face a choice when Kit is threatened with losing her wings.
The atmosphere of this book is perfect. The reader feels immersed in the lifestyle of the English countryside and gets a real grasp of what the people were forced to endure as bombs rained from the sky. It is clear that Kit is an American imbedded in a different culture as she adapts to the English, they don't adapt to her. The story is full of appealing characters, some suspense, some humor, a tragedy and an interesting romance. The plot flows from page to page easily and pulls the reader's interest along with it. This is definitely one of the books that you can't wait to read and don't want to end. The only readers who might not find this book appealing are those who like the highly charged adventure stories, but there is a little of that, too.
Beautiful Journey is a well-written, enjoyable story. This is a book that is a pleasure to recommend. Great literature, no, but still a terrific book to read.
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