Maggie Shipstead
Great Circle
Ebook (EPUB Format)
By the New York Times bestselling and prizewinning author of SEAT ARRANGEMENTS.'Ferociously clever' GUARDIAN'Distinctive and dazzling' RICHARD RUSSO________________________I WAS BORN TO BE A WANDERERFrom the night she is rescued as a baby out of the flames of a sinking ship; to the day she joins a pair of daredevil pilots looping and diving over the rugged forests of her childhood, to the thrill of flying Spitfires during the war, the life of Marian Graves has always been marked by a lust for freedom and danger.In 1950, she embarks on her life's dream - to fly a Great Circle around the globe. But after a crash landing she finds herself strand…
Mehr
Beschreibung
By the New York Times bestselling and prizewinning author of SEAT ARRANGEMENTS.'Ferociously clever' GUARDIAN'Distinctive and dazzling' RICHARD RUSSO________________________I WAS BORN TO BE A WANDERERFrom the night she is rescued as a baby out of the flames of a sinking ship; to the day she joins a pair of daredevil pilots looping and diving over the rugged forests of her childhood, to the thrill of flying Spitfires during the war, the life of Marian Graves has always been marked by a lust for freedom and danger.In 1950, she embarks on her life's dream - to fly a Great Circle around the globe. But after a crash landing she finds herself stranded on the Antarctic ice without enough fuel. With a fearsome piece of water separating her from completion of the Circle, she writes one last entry in her logbook. She is ready for her final journey.Half a century later, Hadley Baxter, a brilliant, troubled Hollywood starlet is irresistibly drawn to play Marian Graves, a role that will lead her to probe the deepest mysteries of the vanished pilot's life.An enthralling journey over oceans and continents and a drama of exhilarating power, GREAT CIRCLE combines an unforgettable cast with thrilling suspense in a hearstopping story of loss and obsession, sacrifice and survival, of the unknowable mysteries of freedom, love and life itself.A Most Anticipated Book 2021 in Guardian, Independent and New Statesman__________________________________________Praise for Maggie Shipstead, New York Times bestseller and winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and LA Times First Fiction Prize for SEATING ARRANGEMENTS.'Outrageously gifted' RICHARD RUSSO'Ferociously clever' GUARDIAN''Graceful and dazzling' MARIA SEMPLE'Joyously good' DAILY MAIL'impressive' JEFFREY EUGENIDES
CHF 13.00
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
V214:
Noch nicht erschienen, Mai 2021
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4735-7275-1
- EAN: 9781473572751
- Produktnummer: 34384184
- Verlag: Transworld
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 602 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Maggie Shipstead
27 weitere Werke von Maggie Shipstead:
Bewertungen
0 von 0 Bewertungen
Anmelden
Keine Bewertungen gefunden. Seien Sie der Erste und teilen Sie Ihre Erkenntnisse mit anderen.