Description
An absorbing and often hilarious account of the author’s 12 years as closeted cabin crew for British Airways. It’s a story of love, creativity and acceptance, the transformative power of lesbian love and more.
Lifting Off: A Life in Freefall
‘A beautiful, wise and funny exploration of love and how to be a whole person standing on solid ground. I really did love it.’ Evie Wyld
‘Such an enchanting and moving book, the horror of the corporate scrunchie was never better expressed’ Susie Boyt
‘In a deceptively gentle self-evocation, Karen McLeod shares the hard parts and the juicy stuff with warmth and generosity’ Stella Duffy
‘Witty, irreverent, deeply felt, and exquisitely written, Lifting Off lifts the lid on one of the strongest performers and authors in queer UK, and in doing so lifts us all. I can’t recommend this extraordinary memoir enough. Stunning.’ Joelle Taylor
‘An absorbing and often hilarious account of the author’s 12 years as closeted cabin crew for British Airways. It’s a story of love, creativity and acceptance, the transformative power of lesbian love and more.’ Editor’s Choice, The Bookseller
Karen McLeod is a writer, performance artist and creative writing teacher. She is writer in residence at Bookseller Crow on the Hill. She is also a visiting lecturer in creative writing at UCAS. She performs comedy as Barbara Brownskirt, a Judi Dench mega-fan and poet-in-residence at the 197 bus stop on the Croydon Road in south-east London.
Additional information
| Imprint | Muswell Press |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 20240606 |
| Height | 198 |
| Width | 129 |
| Subjects | Memoir |
| Pages | 272 |
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