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From 747s overloaded with fuel to small cargo planes on which she has to blend in with the duffel bags to avoid detection, frequent flier-narrator Pam crisscrosses the globe, sharing her experiences and impressions. Sometimes she travels with a man, at others with a woman friend or a gaggle of female companions. Eventually, she tries for a more settled life with a man and his daughter. She has experiences big and small: helping young ducks cross a road, being shouted at in a language she doesn't understand while plane after plane departs the airport, comforting her wolfhound, who's suffering from cancer. She gets a variety of New Age and foreign massages. It's a simple story, really, of a woman trying to find happiness. It's told through a series of short chapters (sometimes just a few sentences) as the account floats back and forth in time and space. But there is a compelling narrative here for readers willing to find it, and they will learn a lot about a modern woman and her hopes and fears.