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Historical Fiction Book Club crossover with Feminist Book Club!
Thu, Dec 17
|Birch Tree Books
Join us for this month's discussion with your hosts, Hope, Tammy, and Jess!
Time & Location
Dec 17, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Birch Tree Books, 11 W Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA
About the event
1927. Olivia "Livy" West is a fearless young pilot with a love of adventure. She yearns to cross oceans and travel the skies. When she learns of the Dole Air Race--a high-stakes contest to be the first to make the 2,400 mile Pacific crossing from the West Coast to Hawai'i--she sets her sights on qualifying. But it soon becomes clear that only men will make the cut. In a last-ditch effort to take part, Livy manages to be picked as a navigator for one of the pilots, before setting out on a harrowing journey that some will not survive.
1987. Wren Summers is down to her last dime when she learns she has inherited a remote piece of land on the Big Island with nothing on it but a dilapidated barn and an overgrown mac nut grove. She plans on selling it and using the money to…