{"product_id":"great-circle-paperback","title":"Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaggie Shipstead\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e 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\" (\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMAGGIE SHIPSTEAD is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of three novels and a short story collection. Her novel \u003ci\u003eGreat Circle\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and is currently a finalist for the Women's Prize. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the L.A. Times Book Prize for First Fiction. She lives in Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 7.98 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158030717063,"sku":"9781984897701","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/44114c3a30f72f7063b1642779fdb094.webp?v=1733255608","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/great-circle-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}