Bride flight
By: Marieke van der Pol
Publisher: Portobello
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9781846271724
Subjects: Fiction; Transcontinental flights; Fiancées; Dutch; Emigration and immigration; London to Christchurch Air Race
Work titles: Bruidsvlucht
Description: 1953. Ada, Marjorie and Esther yearn to escape the hardships of post-war life in the Netherlands, and their own past. They take part in an international air race and travel to New Zealand in a flight full of other girls like them: brides on their way to their fiances. During the trip they meet Frank, a single man travelling alone, who will come to have a dramatic influence on their lives.