{"product_id":"9781984897701","title":"Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST SELLER \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK \u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e The 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\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040822640880,"sku":"9781984897701","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781984897701_p0.jpg?v=1763761249","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781984897701","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}