{"product_id":"why-fly-seeking-awe-healing-and-our-true-selves-in-the-sky-9781639734993","title":"Why Fly: Seeking Awe, Healing, and Our True Selves in the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Caroline Paul, a thrilling, gravity-defying book that takes us skyward to explore the art of aeronautics-and the depths of the human heart. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlying has long represented the beautiful, high-stakes human drive to invent, to explore, to experience. Caroline Paul has known this since becoming a pilot at twenty years old. Now she's in her fifties, and her long-term marriage is dissolving beneath her. She begins to fly a gyrocopter. Isn't it easier to learn a landing than a human heart? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Paul examines the descent of love through the ascent of flight, she turns her eye to the history, the physics, and the deep impact of flying on others. From the brave Night Witches who flew biplanes against the Nazis, to the ultralight pilots who believe they can save endangered birds by becoming one of the flock, to the many people afraid to step onto a passenger plane, \u003ci\u003eWhy Fly\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ways flight, like love, confounds and yet transforms us. Often we soar. But we also crash land. Still, we want to fly. Why?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Paul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.83w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639734993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Paul\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight books, including the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Gutsy Girl: Escapades for your Life of Epic Adventure, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTough Broad: From Birdwatching to BASE Jumping - How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the illustrated memoir \u003ci\u003eLost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology.\u003c\/i\u003e She is a longtime member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Caroline Paul \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47699079987357,"sku":"9781639734993","price":47.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_864a0a1b-a4a0-49c7-8ef6-8a1e0dd63b45.jpg?v=1772697832","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/why-fly-seeking-awe-healing-and-our-true-selves-in-the-sky-9781639734993","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}