Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

The Epic And Emotional New York Times And Times Bestsellershortlisted For The Women's Prize For Fictionshortlisted For The Booker Prizeamazon Book Of The Yeartime Magazine Book Of The Yearwaterstones Fiction Book Of The Month'a Gripping Historical Adventure' Stylist'so Beautiful, So Daring, So Complete' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Author Of Carrie Soto Is Back'a Masterpiece' Nigella Lawsonextraordinary' New York Times'one Of My All-time Favourite Novels' Reader Review A Soaring, Breathtakingly Ambitious Novel That Weaves Together The Astonishing Lives Of A 1950s Vanished Female Aviator And The Modern-day Hollywood Actress Who Plays Her On Screen.marian Graves Is Driven By A Need For Freedom And Danger. From Her Days As A Wild Child In Prohibition America To The Blitz And Glitz Of Wartime London, She Is Determined To Live An Independent Life.but It Is An Obsession With Flight That Consumes Her Most.having Become One Of The Most Fearless Pilots In Her Time, She Sets Out To Do What No One Has Done Before: To Circumnavigate The Globe From Pole To Pole.but Shortly Before Completing The Journey, Her Plane Disappears, Lost To History.over Half A Century Later, Troubled Film Star Hadley Baxter Is Offered To Play Marian In The Comeback Role Of A Lifetime. From The First Pages Of The Script, Hadley Is Drawn Inexorably To The Female Is A Role That Will Lead Her To An Unexpected Discovery, Throwing Fresh And Spellbinding Light On The Story Of The Unknowable Marian Graves.waterstones Fiction Book Of The Month June 2022shortlisted For The Women's Prize For Fiction 2022shortlisted For The Booker Prize 2021a Royal Reading Room Pick 2023shortlisted For The Hwa Gold Crown 2022time Magazine Book Of The Year 2021new York Times Bestseller May 2021times Bestseller June 2022'full Of Adventure, Passion And Tragedy' The Times'soars From The Very First Page' Sunday Express'luminous, Masterful.