Fly Girls Summary
Keith O'Brien

Fly Girls Overview

Fly Girls, by Keith O’Brien, is subtitled “How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History.” This work of journalistic non-fiction explores the lives and experience of several women, including Amelia Earhart, who made significant contributions to the history of aviation in America. As it details both the successes and the failures of these women, the narrative explores themes related to the relationship between friendship and competition, to the risks and rewards of risk taking, and to the concept of flying as feminism.