"This was 1978, when flying was still an occasion, a special grand event that took planning and care. I worked as a TWA flight attendant then. I stood in my Ralph Lauren uniform at the boarding door and smiled at the passengers through lips coated with lipstick that perfectly matched the stripe on my jacket. Mostly, the passengers smiled back."

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About Ann Hood

Ann Hood is an American novelist, memoirist, and short-story writer known for works such as The Knitting Circle and Comfort: A Journey Through Grief. Her fiction and nonfiction frequently explore family, loss, and resilience.

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