Airplane Mode
Book description
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals of Excellence
This witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of a Third World-raised woman of color, Airplane Mode, asks: what does it mean to be a joyous traveler when we live in the ruins of colonialism, capitalism and climate change?…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Airplane Mode as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Shahnaz Habib has written a delightfully biting, and indeed irreverent, account of travel via her exploration of the question: "What does it mean to be a joyous traveler when we live in the ruins of colonialism, capitalism and climate change?"
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