Great circle
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2021
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK • The unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost: an “epic trip—through Prohibition and World War II, from Montana to London to present-day Hollywood—and you’ll relish every minute” (People).
After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy bootlegger who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe by flying over the North and South Poles.
A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance in Antarctica. Vibrant, canny, disgusted with the claustrophobia of Hollywood, Hadley is eager to redefine herself after a romantic film franchise has imprisoned her in the grip of cult celebrity. Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds, thrillingly, alongside Marian's own story, as the two women's fates--and their hunger for self-determination in vastly different geographies and times--collide. Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Maggie Shipstead.
After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy bootlegger who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe by flying over the North and South Poles.
A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance in Antarctica. Vibrant, canny, disgusted with the claustrophobia of Hollywood, Hadley is eager to redefine herself after a romantic film franchise has imprisoned her in the grip of cult celebrity. Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds, thrillingly, alongside Marian's own story, as the two women's fates--and their hunger for self-determination in vastly different geographies and times--collide. Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Maggie Shipstead.
Subjects
Subjects
Actresses
Actresses -- Fiction
Air pilots
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Air pilots -- United States -- Fiction
Antarctica -- Fiction
Biographical fiction
Biographies
Historical fiction
Large print books
Missing persons
Missing persons -- Fiction
Pilots and pilotage
Pilots and pilotage -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Fiction
Women air pilots
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Women air pilots -- United States -- Fiction
Actresses -- Fiction
Air pilots
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Air pilots -- United States -- Fiction
Antarctica -- Fiction
Biographical fiction
Biographies
Historical fiction
Large print books
Missing persons
Missing persons -- Fiction
Pilots and pilotage
Pilots and pilotage -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Fiction
Women air pilots
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Women air pilots -- United States -- Fiction
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ISBN:
9780593459416
9780525656975
9780525656975
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"Spanning Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London, and modern-day Los Angeles, Great Circle tells the unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost. After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There --after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe and piloting her plane over the Arctic Circle. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance over the South Pacific. Vibrant, canny, disgusted with the claustrophobia of Hollywood, Hadley is eager to re-define herself after a romantic film franchise has imprisoned her in the grip of cult celebrity. Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds, thrillingly, alongside Marian's own story, as the two womens' fates--and their hunger for self-determination in vastly different geographies and times-- collide. Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Maggie Shipstead"--Provided by publisher.
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Air pilots -- United States -- Fiction
Antarctica -- Fiction
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Historical fiction
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Missing persons -- Fiction
Pilots and pilotage -- Fiction
Women -- Fiction
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Women air pilots -- United States -- Fiction
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Air pilots -- United States -- Fiction
Antarctica -- Fiction
Biographical fiction
Biographies
Historical fiction
Large print books
Missing persons -- Fiction
Pilots and pilotage -- Fiction
Women -- Fiction
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Women air pilots -- United States -- Fiction
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Air pilots
Missing persons
Pilots and pilotage
Women
Women air pilots
Air pilots
Missing persons
Pilots and pilotage
Women
Women air pilots
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