#1744: Maggie Shipstead's "Great Circle" | The Book Show

December 21, 2021 00:27:33
#1744: Maggie Shipstead's "Great Circle" | The Book Show
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#1744: Maggie Shipstead's "Great Circle" | The Book Show

Dec 21 2021 | 00:27:33

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Maggie Shipstead’s new novel “Great Circle” tracks the lives of Marian Graves and her twin brother Jamie from Prohibition-era Missoula to wartime Britain, from the cold of Alaska to the cap of Antarctica as Marian chases her dream of becoming the first pilot to circumnavigate the globe north-south.

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