{"product_id":"great-circle-9781984897701","title":"Great Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shipstead, Maggie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984897701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.32w x 1.18d","brand":"Maggie Shipstead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39718998671435,"sku":"9781984897701","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_367e24f2-569f-48ba-934d-b7896ea6868d.jpg?v=1648654100","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/great-circle-9781984897701","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}