{"product_id":"great-circle-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-novel-man-booker-prize-finalist","title":"Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist)","description":"\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. \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.","brand":"Maggie Shipstead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53095262978261,"sku":"BS-I6J-897701","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781984897701-HD.jpg?v=1770338062","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/great-circle-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-novel-man-booker-prize-finalist","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}