Great Circle : The soaring and emotional novel shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021

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Author: Shipstead, Maggie Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 26 May 2022 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Penguin (Transworld)) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 688 pages129 x 198 x 41 | 466g THE SENSATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Womens Prize for FictionShortlisted for the Booker PrizeAmazon Book of the YearTime Magazine Book of the YearWaterstones fiction Book of the MonthA GRIPPING HISTORICAL ADVENTURE STYLISTSO BEAUTIFUL, SO DARING, SO COMPLETE TAYLOR JENKINS REIDA MASTERPIECE NIGELLA LAWSONEXTRAORDINARY NEW YORK TIMESWONDERFUL GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINEA 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 pilot.It 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 WOMENS 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 2022Full of adventure, passion and tragedy THE TIMESSoars from the very first page SUNDAY EXPRESSLuminous, masterful. Glides seamlessly through the 20th century TELEGRAPH, Best Fiction of 2021Breathtaking OBSERVERTruly exceptional storytelling, combining a sweeping arc of history with writing that, at sentence level, is near-flawless. THE BOOKSELLERA tour-de-force DAILY EXPRESSImpressive and gripping SUNDAY TIMESSurprising and moving at every turn GUARDIANAudacious and Immersive DAILY MAILAccomplished and ambitious FINANCIAL TIMESReaders love GREAT CIRCLE:***** What a read! Immense story with beautifully created characters***** The story is so well researched and planned; historical fiction standing side by side with history itself***** This is a stunning achievement, my perspective feels fundamentally transformed through reading it***** A wonderful saga, covering a large chunk of the twentieth century Show more