{"product_id":"great-circle-book-maggie-shipstead-9780525656975","title":"Great Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK - WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION NOMINEE - 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 (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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, \u003ci\u003eGreat Circle\u003c\/i\u003e is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Maggie Shipstead.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49511957070097,"sku":"GOR011514876","price":15.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49655749640465,"sku":"GOR013251783","price":13.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49723924480273,"sku":"CIN0525656979VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49727494979857,"sku":"CIN0525656979A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49744024600849,"sku":"CIN0525656979G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52771475292433,"sku":"GOR012001549","price":13.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53348699406609,"sku":"GOR014866131","price":14.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0525656979.jpg?v=1751444954","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/great-circle-book-maggie-shipstead-9780525656975","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}