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The Book Show
The Book Show

Maggie Shipstead - Great Circle

By Joe Donahue
Published December 21, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST
Book cover for "Great Circle" by Maggie Shipstead
Knopf
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Knopf

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.

Originally aired as The Book Show #1717.

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