True Course: Lessons from a Life Aloft is Brigid Johnson’s memoir of a life spent on a flight deck. This is a book that will repeatedly make you sit back and think for a while, either to consider an insight the author gives you, or to relive a memory she brings to your mind.

Each chapter takes on a different subject, such as patience, friendship, or freedom. While all of the chapters tie back to flight and the life of an aviator, Johnson does an expert job of tying her thoughts to the reader’s life. Again and again, I found myself nodding along with her stories. I laughed out loud at some parts, and found emotion tightening my throat at others.

True Course is an excellent book for a slow, hot day or an evening in front of the fire.