Eyes on the Stars by Lynn Ames

Eyes on the Stars by Lynn Ames

Jessie Keaton and Claudia Sherwood were as different as night and day. But when their nation needed experienced female pilots, their reactions were identical: heed the call. In early 1943, the two women joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots-WASP-and reported to Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, where they promptly fell head-over-heels in love. The life of a WASP was often perilous by definition. Being two women in love added another layer of complication entirely, leading to ostracism and worse. Like many others, Jessie and Claudia hid their relationship, going on dates with men to avert suspicion. The ruse worked well until one seemingly innocent afternoon ruined everything. Two lives tragically altered. Two hearts ripped apart. And a second chance more than fifty years in the making. From the airfields of World War I, to the East Room of the Obama White House, follow the lives of two extraordinary women whose love transcends time and place.

Lynn Ames is the author of the best-selling novels The Price of Fame, The Cost of Commitment, The Value of Valor, One Love, Heartsong, Eyes on the Stars, Beyond Instinct, Above Reproach, All That Lies Within, Bright Lights of Summer, Final Cut, Great Bones, and one of the five authors of the collection Outsiders. She's also the writer, director, and producer of Extra Innings: The True Story Behind the Summer's Brilliant Lights, a groundbreaking documentary. This historically significant documentary tells the true tale of Hall-of-Famer Dot Wilkinson and the golden age of women's softball for the first time in her own words. Lynn's fiction has won numerous awards and accolades, including five Goldie awards, the prestigious Ann Bannon Popular Fiction Award (for All That Lies Within), and the Arizona Novel Award for Best Gay/Lesbian Book. Lynn has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) twice and has won the Rainbow Award for Lesbian Romance once.

In addition, All That Lies Inside was named one of the top 10 lesbian books of the year. Phoenix Rising Press (www.phoenixrisingpress.com) was founded by Ames. She was also the press secretary for the minority leader of the New York state Senate and spokeswoman for the country's third-largest prison system. She was a multi-award-winning broadcast journalist for more than a decade.

She is a nationally recognized speaker and public relations professional with a special expertise in image, crisis communications planning, and crisis management. She was the editor of a critically acclaimed national magazine and a nationally recognized speaker and public relations professional with a particular expertise in image, crisis communications planning, and crisis management. Visit her website at www.lynnames.com for more information, or e-mail her at lynnames@lynnames.com.

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ISBN 13	9781936429004
ISBN 10	1936429004
Title	Eyes on the Stars
Author	Lynn Ames
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Phoenix Rising Press
Year published	2010-09-24
Number of pages	266
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