ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1969
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones - Coffee, Tea or Me?
Bantam, 1969
311 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro
The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses | Illustrated by Bill Wenzel.

Remember when flying was glamorous and sexy, even fun? When airline food was gourmet, everyone dressed up for a flight, and stewardesses catered to our every need-at least in our imaginations? This classic memoir by two audaciously outspoken young ladies, who lived and loved the free-spirited stewardess life, jets you back to those golden days of air travel-from the captain who`s as subtle as a 747 when he`s on the make to the passenger who mistakes the overhead luggage rack for an upper berth; from the names of celebrities who were a pleasure to serve (and some surprising notables on the `bad guy` list) to the origins of some naughty stereotypes-Spaniards are the best lovers, actors the most foul-mouthed. This huge bestseller, a First Class jet-age journal, offers a hilarious gold mine of outrageous anecdotes from the high-flying and amorous lives of those busty, lusty, adventuresome young women of the swinging `60s known as `stews.`

Coffee, Tea or Me? is a book of purported memoirs by the fictitious stewardesses Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones, written by the initially uncredited Donald Bain and first published in 1967. The book depicts the anecdotal lives of two lusty young stewardesses, and was originally presented as factual.

Written in the first person voice of Trudy Baker, with Bain`s name appearing as a dedication between the index of chapters and the foreword, the book describes a kind of glamorous lifestyle from the stewardess` point of view, working for two years for an unnamed American carrier out of a New York crew base during the golden age of airline travel.

It is written to emphasize the sexy parts of the job, although difficult experiences are also recounted, and reflects the shifts in society and culture then underway. It also contains content that could in later decades be deemed sexist, and dated descriptions of homosexuality; chapter X is titled `They Looked So Normal`. In chapter XIV, the attendants list one of the types of passengers that could be denied boarding rights—`most recently, men wearing earrings.` Illustrations by men`s-magazine cartoonist Bill Wenzel depict the flight attendants and female passengers as busty sexpots.

The book contains period references to television shows such as Batman and lists of celebrities the authors claim to have carried on their flights, as well as an incidental description of the airline introducing Boeing 727 service. Other equipment mentioned includes the Boeing 707 and the smaller BAC 111. People`s names are fictitious, excepting the famous, and there is no way to gauge the accuracy of any of the accounts.
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