Travels by Myself

She's a psychologist. She's been on more flights than she can count. And she has officially run out of patience for overhead bins, mystery pings, and anyone who calls an infant "Mr. Baby."

In Travels by Myself, P. A. Farrell takes readers along on a cross-country flight that is, on the surface, completely ordinary—and, just beneath that surface, an endlessly rich portrait of human beings doing what human beings always do: trying their best, getting in their own way, and occasionally doing so...