The Sky is Not Enough

In 1928, newlywed and titled Lady Mary Heath embarks on her most daring adventure yet: a solo flight from Cape Town to Croydon. Already a trailblazer-Britain’s first woman to parachute from a plane and earn a commercial pilot’s license-she’s determined to prove women belong in aviation and to showcase the potential of “the colonies.” Fiercely independent, Mary charts her 10,000-mile route using pages from a road atlas, services her own aircraft, and defies every expectation placed on women. But as she soars across continents, memories from a traumatic past resurface: her mother murdered, her father imprisoned in an Irish asylum, and a childhood shaped by repression and loss. After enduring illness, seeking help from Mussolini, and being nursed by a tribal chief’s harem, she finally lands in London-heels, furs, and all. Though celebrated, Mary realizes fame cannot free her from her past. She has conquered the skies but not the shadows that follow.