{"product_id":"great-circle-a-novel-9780525656975","title":"Great Circle: A novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e*A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 according to \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine; Lit Hub; She Reads; Town \u0026amp; Country; Esquire; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBustle*\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A masterpiece . . . One of the best books I've ever read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--J. Courtney Sullivan\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":53090890023072,"sku":"9780525656975-used-very-good","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":53090890121376,"sku":"9780525656975-used-good","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/0115\/1392\/files\/413cLfabr4S.jpg?v=1765042864","url":"https:\/\/shop.mtwyouth.org\/products\/great-circle-a-novel-9780525656975","provider":"More Than Words ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}