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Walking on Air (Paperback)

by Christina Jones (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 592 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (2 May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006513441
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006513445
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 109,853 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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What better way to cure a phobia, then to face the fear head on? When 28-year-old aerophobe, Billie Pascoe takes on a warehouse on the edge of an airfield, her family and friends think her positively mad. When Billie gets involved in an airshow, they think she has completely lost it. Running from the mistakes of her past, Billie lands in Amberley Hill and works as a taxi driver for creepy Ruben, and then trades in her taxi cab keys for an empty warehouse. Despite Ruben's constant plaguing and interference, Billie is determined to shake free from the secret that Ruben holds over her. With the help and support of her colourful neighbours she hopes to make her warehouse a success. Things start looking up when the gorgeous pilot, Jonah Sullivan, owner of Sullivanair, arrives on the scene. The plot thickens when Jonah's ex-wife shows up insinuating that she and her wealthy new husband might buy up the airfield and the warehouses. Billie leads the warehousers and they band together to save their businesses. But can Billie save the day and keep her secret safe?

This is a great holiday read but consume it in one go or you might start to forget who is interested in whom. If you have never heard of "wing-walking," this book will make you want to don a cat suit and jump on the wing of a plane next time you are up there. Christina Jones' heroines are daredevil gutsy women in books such as Stealing the Show or Running the Risk and "Walking on Air" is no exception. --Neena Dutta

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An enchanting, exuberant novel, featuring a girl who hates flying adrift in the world of aeronautical acrobatics, by a favourite storyteller. Billie Pascoe, currently a taxi driver in a country town, takes an impulsive risk when she spends her grandmother's small legacy on a warehouse on the edge of a small airfield. But her attempt at business enterprise and at a new image of professional efficiency is marred by her ex-boss's determination to keep her under control; her friends' and family's attempts to find her a suitable mate; and the mystery about her past, complicated by cover-ups. Among the first items in her warehouse is an old 'plane waiting to be restored. Billie hates flying, so it is even more surprising that she finds herself offering to perform acrobatic stunts and wing-walking...Filled with a great cast of characters from her flatmate who runs the local beauty salon to the fellow owners of the neighbouring warehouses, from the unspeakably glamorous air engineer to her redoubtable, interfering mother, Walking on Air is Christina Jones's most exhilarating novel.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Christina Jones is Always 5 Stars!, 9 Jun 2001
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Christina Jones has a "hook", something she uses in all of her books. She takes you into a world that you probably don't know anything about - jump racing, truck(lorry)driving, small fairs, etc. Now we get wingwalking! Walking on Air is another wonderful book about a woman who learns how to succeed because of her own strength. To CJ's credit, she makes these journeys believable - she does great research. She also has a very compassionate storytelling style, a way to mix the good and bad in characters - because her characters, like all of us, are far from perfect. As is often the case in her books, there is a main story with very strong parallel stories that are relevant to the main story. I had to laugh, I thought right from the start that Billie was making way too big of a deal about her "secret" - turns out the rest of the characters in the book agreed with me. There's a reason for this and it all comes out at the end - you may think you have it all figured out, but you don't - there are a few twists that you don't see coming (or at least I didn't). One teeny complaint - I'd like to have seen about 4 more pages, just enough to know that all really was well and that Billie would be flying high forever! Another wonderful book - by all means, buy it!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable..Engrossing..Exciting - what more can you want??, 17 Mar 2001
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My advice - buy this book now. I have all of Christina Jones' other novels and have found this one to be equally as good - even more so as it's based in a world away from the settings of her other novels.

It has the usual main characters from Billie to Jonah - to the many, many others who contribute so much to making her stories such fun to read. I find that once I start one of Christina's books I am longing every day for the chance to sit in my chair and just read and read.

I would advise anyone who has never read a Christina Jones novel - get this one now, then get all of her others (and put in an order for her new one out in May while you're at it) - trust me .... it will be money extremely well spent.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous feel-good read!!!, 19 Mar 2001
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The thing I really love about Christina Jones' books is that she takes you into so many different worlds - horse racing, long-distance lorry driving, even running a fairground - and this one is no exception. I didn't even know there was such a thing as wingwalking until I picked up Walking On Air, but I have to say I was hooked from page one. Billie is a such terrific character I felt as if I was saying goodbye to a friend when I'd finished. And as for the hero - why aren't all men like that? It's a brilliant, page-turning story, with loads of warmth and great cast of characters. I think it's right up there with her other books. My advice is try it, buy it, read it. You'll adore it and like me you might even learn something...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Can they get any better?
Absolutely brilliant! Walking on Air is the best book I've read since Going the Distance, Jumping to Conclusions, Running the Risk, Stealing the Show... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Brilliant!
At the tender age of 18 I'd never been much of a reader but one day I was given a book by my mother and since then I haven't looked back! Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars The best feel-good novel I've read i a long time
Christina Jones is one of the few authors of this type of fiction to take the reader into hitherto unknown worlds. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars No-one has the right to be this talented!!!
What can I say except BUY THIS BOOK!!! It has everything I have come to expect from a Christina Jones novel: a modern heroine who overcomes her fears and past; a gorgeous hero... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars A Breath of Fresh Air . . .
I've been a fan of Christina Jones since Going the Distance, and her books have become more involved, more colourful and more of a pleasure. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Christina Jones leave-me-alone-I'm-reading joy.
I'm an unashamed fan of Christina Jones, and I hoarded Walking on Air from my Christmas list until I had a free weekend to really wallow in it. It was worth the wait. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2001 by sue.m51@lineone.net

2.0 out of 5 stars Rather a let down
I have been a fan of Christina Jones since I got the first book with Gallop magazine all that time ago...inaccuracies...completely overwhelm this book. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Exxxcccceeellllleeennnttt!!!!
Sorry about that but the book is excellent! I have just read the book and wasn't really expecting it to be particularly good but after the first chapter i was hooked - the... Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2001 by J. A. Howells

5.0 out of 5 stars Stop looking on here go and buy it now
This book is very different fom the other books that Christina Jones has written.

The book is set on a deralict air field in the old hangars and Billie who has moved to the city... Read more

Published on 10 Jan 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars A very pleasant suprise
I bought this book by accident. I was in a hurry and saw an aeroplane on the front and bought it. Only when I opened the book for the first time did I realise this wasn't going to... Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2001

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