{"product_id":"great-circle-book-maggie-shipstead-9780593459416","title":"Great Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelentlessly exciting . My top recommendation for this summer. \u003cb\u003e--Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST SELER - LONGLISTED \u003cb\u003eFOR THE BOKER PRIZE \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOK CLUB PICK \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e The unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost--\u003ci\u003eGreat Circle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003esoars and dips with dizzying flair . an expansive story that covers more than a century and seems to encapsulate the whole wide world \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA masterpiece . One of the best books I've ever read. \u003cb\u003e--J. Courtney Sullivan, author of \u003ci\u003eFriends and Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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":49591225811217,"sku":"GOR013729443","price":8.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49931095146769,"sku":"CIN0593459415A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53434645741841,"sku":"CIN0593459415G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0593459415.jpg?v=1751392602","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/great-circle-book-maggie-shipstead-9780593459416","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}