CROSSWIND A Novel By Patricia VaIdata

Synopsis: Ellen Horvath, whose college education is interrupted by personal tragedy, finds herself in the cycle of Life's realities, at a time and place chosen by fate. Crosswind is a wonderful novel about a young woman's discovery of the unique and satisfying world of soaring.

Every major soaring society and publication has had the highest praise for this book. Jo Ann Shaw (current holder of the world's longest straight distance feminine flight) calls it "superb reading entertainment: extremely well-written, fast--moving, authentic ... a top-notch yarn. Masterfully and technically-accurately written."

Author Patricia Valdata is an active soaring pilot and member of the Atlantic Soaring Club in Maryland. She flies a Pilatus B-4 sailplane and holds Silver C badge number 5414. She is a commercially rated soaring pilot and one of the founders of the Women Soaring Pilots Association. She is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Section of The Ninety-Nines and a former member of the Garden State Chapter. She recently completed a second novel and has begun research for a third.

Published:	Wind Canyon Publishing 1996
Price:	$12.95
ISBN:	1-879630-41-9
	219 pages, soft-bound 5-1/2 x 9-1/2 No illustrations. For signed copies from the author. call her directly at 1-410-398-2603.
This book can be purchased from:	Wind Canyon Publishing (1-800-952-7007) e-mail: pvaldata@zoominternet.net Knauff & Grove Soaring Supplies (www.eglider.org)