GLORY GIRL BY PETER YELDHAM, PENGUIN, $32.95.
It’s 1927, Sarah Carson is fearless, charismatic and determined to take part in the first flight from England to Australia. She makes a deal with pilot James Harrington that she can come on the flight. What follows is fame, love, tragedy and notoriety, with one of them even be accused of murder.
You couldn’t make it up. In fact, much of it is true. Yeldham has fictionalised the incredible life of Australian aviatrix Jessie Miller, cleverly and sympathetically. Truth leaps from every page, demonstrating that life is hardly ever what you expect and it’s almost never like a Hollywood script. The ending is exponentially more powerful because it’s true. Glory Girl is a wonderful account of a gutsy Australian who lived an extraordinary life.
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