Books
Every book I’ve written starts in the same place: on the ground, looking up, deciding whether to go.
How to Build an Airplane in Your Living Room
A Guide to Living an Unconventional Life
Part memoir, part manifesto.
I grew up watching people build things others said were impossible, then spent years trying to do the same. This is the real version, not the poster version: what it costs to choose an unconventional path, and why I’d still choose it.
"A memoir of unabashed vulnerability. Hoffman's brave perspective takes her readers beyond what they yearn for. She inspires us to be our true selves by putting our dreams into action, taking uncomfortable risks, and being resilient in the face of failure."
— Karen Pestana, Amazon Verified Purchase ★★★★★
Other Books
First Flights
Stories about the moment before you’re ready.
Which, it turns out, is the only moment anyone ever starts. First Flights collects the early moments of courage and curiosity that stay with us long after we leave the ground.
Oshkosh Memories
Once a year, about ten thousand airplanes and the people who love them descend on a field in Wisconsin.
Oshkosh Memories is about that week, and about belonging to a crowd that’s actually right.
How These Books Fit Together
Three books. One through-line.
The gap between what everyone says is possible and what actually flies.
Coming in 2027
Book four
Forthcoming from Greenleaf Book Group, 2027
It’s about the small tap on the shoulder that tells you something’s off. The rooms that talk us out of it. And how to hear your own judgment over a room that sounds very confident.
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