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Life at 40,000 Feet: The sky is not necessarily the limit!
Paperback
Biographies GeneralTravel GeneralTravel Writing
Publisher: Lawrence Bodner
Published: Aug 17 2026
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.75
Height: 0.71 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
What if the greatest love story you will ever read began with a chance phone call, a shared passion for the skies, and forty-three years of adventure at 40,000 feet?
In Life at 40,000 Feet, Lawrence Bodner delivers an unflinchingly honest memoir of a life shaped by history, hardship, and an extraordinary love. Born the son of a Holocaust survivor, tested by a lifelong battle with Type 1 diabetes, and wounded by betrayal in business and a painful divorce, Lawrence believed his hardest chapters were behind him. Then a friend handed him a list of phone numbers, and the third call changed everything.
Fran was a Delta Air Lines flight attendant with a spirit as boundless as the skies she crossed. Together, they built a marriage defined by devotion, gourmet dinners, spontaneous escapes, and a lifetime of travel, from the Concorde to the Orient Express, from Caribbean hideaways to the villages of New Zealand.
Inside, readers will discover:
- A childhood shadowed by the Holocaust and a father's miraculous escape from Nazi Europe
- Hard-won lessons on surviving and thriving with Type 1 diabetes
- True stories of business betrayal, resilience, and reinvention
- A love story that reads like a Hollywood script
- Four decades of globe-trotting adventure on airline pass privileges
- A candid, moving portrait of grief, memory, and love that outlives loss
Whether you treasure travel memoirs, true love stories, or honest reflections on a life fully lived, this book will stay with you long after the final page.
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