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. 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. 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.Ī century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance in Antarctica. There-after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes-Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight.
*A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 according to O, The Oprah Magazine Lit Hub She Reads Town & Country Esquire and Bustle*Īn unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost- Great Circle spans Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London, and modern-day Los Angeles.Īfter being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, #1 IndieNext Pick
This is a stunning feat." - Publishers Weekly one of the best books I’ve ever read” -J.
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