The Sky Is Not Enough

di June O'Sullivan (Autore)

Jacqueline Milne (Narratore)

Bolinda audio, 2026

1928, Cape Town. Newlywed Lady Heath embarks on her most daring adventure yet: a solo biplane flight from Cape Town to London. Already a trailblazer – a world-record athlete, Britain's first woman to parachute from a plane and to earn a commercial pilot's license – she is determined to prove that women belong in aviation. Fiercely independent, Sophie charts her 10,000-mile route using pages from a road atlas, services her own aircraft, and defies every restriction placed on women. But, as she soars over the vast continent, memories from a traumatic past resurface: her mother murdered, her father imprisoned in an Irish asylum and a childhood shaped by repression. Having been stricken with sunstroke, crash-landing in the wilderness and nursed by local women, thwarted at every turn by the authorities and ultimately seeking help from Mussolini, she at last lands in London – heels, furs and all. Though celebrated, Sophie realises fame cannot free her from her past. She has conquered the skies but not the shadows that follow ...

• Autore: June O'Sullivan
• Narratore: Jacqueline Milne
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 12:04:19
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Bolinda audio
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9781038041425