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A review by ladislara
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
adventurous
funny
inspiring
4.75
This is the memoir of Beryl Markham, the first woman to cross the Atlantic East-to-West in a non-stop solo flight, and the first pilot to ever do so departing from England. And she did it in 1936.
But she’s so much more than that. At 17 she was a horse trainer, building a business pretty much on her own and competing in races. At 13 she would escape her house to go hunting wild boar with the local tribesmen. At 6 or so, she survived a lion attack. On top of all that, she is a talented writer, being envied even by Ernest Hemingway, who confessed in a letter that he was “completely ashamed of myself as a writer” after reading her book.
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But she’s so much more than that. At 17 she was a horse trainer, building a business pretty much on her own and competing in races. At 13 she would escape her house to go hunting wild boar with the local tribesmen. At 6 or so, she survived a lion attack. On top of all that, she is a talented writer, being envied even by Ernest Hemingway, who confessed in a letter that he was “completely ashamed of myself as a writer” after reading her book.
Read the full review: https://larissaveloso.com/2024/10/09/...