Credit: The Flight Attendant By Chris Bohjalian
Overview
Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She’s a binge
drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and
the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them, and
the accompanying self-loathing. When she awakes in a Dubai hotel room,
she tries to piece the previous night back together, counting the
minutes until she has to catch her crew shuttle to the airport. She
quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her already pounding
head, and looks at the man she spent the night with. She sees his dark
hair. His utter stillness. And blood, a slick, still wet pool on the
crisp white sheets.
Afraid to call the
police—she’s a single
woman alone in a hotel room far from home—Cassie begins to lie. She lies
as she joins the other flight attendants and pilots in the van. She
lies on the way to Paris as she works the first class cabin. She lies to
the FBI agents in New York who meet her at the gate. Soon it’s too late
to come clean-or face the truth about what really happened back in
Dubai. Could she have killed him? If not, who did? Set amid the
captivating world of those whose lives unfold at forty thousand feet, The Flight Attendant
unveils a spellbinding story of memory, of the giddy pleasures of
alcohol and the devastating consequences of addiction, and of murder far
from home. Credit: The Flight Attendant; Chris Bohjalian.
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