Silver Wings- H.P. Munro
“We live in the wind and the sand and our eyes are on the stars. Happy landings.” „Silver Wings” tells the story of women pilots during the WW2 that hold civilian flight licenses, yet never will get the chance to fly but occasional flights and the luck to never fly in the war. The story is beautifully portraited within team work and interhuman relations and even love that rises beyond friendship between Lilly and Helen. There are many funny situations, but also tragic, like the death of one of their fellow pilots in a colide with a fellow cadet. The story is remembered by Lilly many years after and told to Joanne and her niece Ellie. The letters and the great structure of the novel is amazing and the characters are breathtaking. Lilly is decided to get beyond her husband’s reputation and his bad behavior towards her and she knows that she feels something special for Helen, but she hasn’t loved a woman before, nor anyone ever. Helen is a beautiful blonde with a short temper whom had fl...