The Glass Ship

Peter Markham Is A Schoolteacher Who Has Been Abandoned By His Female Partner Because She Rightly Considers Him Dull.. He Tries To Change Himself Seeking Adventure By Joining A Course At A Gliding Club. Disappointed He Leaves The Airfield In Anger When A Wild Teenage Girl Forces Him To Stop Begging For Help In Retrieving Her Older Stepsister Julia Who Has Landed Her Glider In A Hayfield A Hundred Kilometres Away.. He Allows Himself To Be Manipulated By Mitch The Younger Girl Calling Her A Cunning Little Minx. Reluctantly He Does As She Asks.. This Is The Beginning Of A Series Of Life-Changing Experiences For Him. Instructed By The Older Sister He Learns To Fly Finds Himself In Love With The Sport And With Young Mitch While Confronting Serious Problems With Julia.. Tragedy Intervenes But Happier Prospects Emerge.