![]() We are thrilled that Maggie had time to answer questions about the novel and her writing. Great Circle was named the American Booksellers Association #1 pick for the May Indie Next list, the Amazon Spotlight Pick, and The Today Show’s Read With Jenna pick. ![]() After a year of isolation and lockdown, it was a gift to read this exhilarating, transportive novel. ![]() The Washington Post called the novel “soaring.” The New York Times called it “extraordinary.” I couldn’t agree more. Publishers Weekly gave Great Circle a starred review, calling the novel a “breathtaking epic” and “stunning feat.” Also in a starred review, Kirkus says Great Circle is “ingeniously structured and so damned entertaining.” And the gushing continued. ![]() One of the many joys I experienced reading this novel was pausing to think about the circles Shipstead drew and sliced in writing it, pinpointing moments in place and time to where the reader, the writer, and characters thrillingly return. In the opening pages of Maggie Shipstead’s incredible new novel Great Circle, we’re introduced to two women who will carry the story-Marian Graves, a daredevil pilot on a quest to become the first to circumnavigate the globe pole-to-pole, and actress Hadley Baxter, on a Hollywood sound stage a half-century later, filming the final moments of Marian’s life as her plane, the Peregrine, crashes into the Southern Ocean. ![]()
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