tells the story of Fran Douglas, one of an elite corps of pilots being trained by NASA in the late 1950s and early 1960s.  Some of these pilots had more flight experience than John Glenn and the other pilots of Project Mercury, but none would soar into space -- they were women, and this is their story.

"This story needed to be told, and Ms. Aspengren tells it brilliantly." --The Westsider