The author of an exciting new wartime novel called Bird’s Eye View will present a highly-entertaining talk and slide show of vintage photographs at the Cranbrook Public Library at 7 p.m. Monday, November 16.

Bird’s Eye View is the only novel ever written featuring a Canadian woman in uniform as the main character. It tells the story of Rose Jolliffe, a young woman from Saskatchewan whose hometown becomes an air-training base.

Fired with patriotism, she joins the Royal Canadian Air Force herself – one of 50,000 Canadian women who enlisted to support the fighting men.

Rose travels overseas and becomes an interpreter of aerial photographs, spying on the enemy from the sky, searching out camouflaged bomb targets on the continent.

Author Elinor Florence of Invermere, grew up on a former wartime airfield near North Battleford, Saskatchewan, worked for newspapers in all four western provinces, and was a regular contributor to Reader’s Digest. She also owned and published the Columbia Valley Pioneer newspaper in Invermere.

Elinor will present a personal account of how she became interested in wartime history, the contribution made by Canadian women, and some of the amazing discoveries made by the aerial photographic interpreters. Her one-hour presentation, sponsored by the Kootenay Library Federation, is suitable for men, women and older children. Following her presentation, Elinor will sell and/or sign copies of her book.

Bird’s Eye View is her first novel, published by Dundurn Press of Toronto. It’s available from any bookstore, and as an ebook. For more information, visit Elinor’s website at www.elinorflorence.com.

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