{"product_id":"great-circle-a-novel","title":"Great Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Relentlessly 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 SELLER - LONGLISTED \u003cb\u003eFOR THE BOOKER PRIZE \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK 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\u003e\"soars 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\u003e\"A 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":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40630977593517,"sku":"9780525656975","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/products\/img_5ffc43ed-c4de-45a9-ad82-336c45e76ad5.jpg?v=1631186469","url":"https:\/\/landmark-booksellers.myshopify.com\/products\/great-circle-a-novel","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}