There’s not many stories I would describe as epic but this really is.Emblematic of the legions of women who chafe at the notion of being tethered to Earth, female pilots have long beguiled authors as exemplars of those bound to seek answers to perennial questions of desires and needs, expectations and disappointments. A rich tapesty of a story is created here for you to watch and it’s fascinating how the author has pulled it all together. She is quite the character and quite the woman. I really feel I got to know the woman and her obsession, her passion for flight and for escaping her fate. I have to say that this book is not just about that flight around the world. Never mind what anyone tells her otherwise. She is a woman in a man’s world and she will not stop until she can fly a plane. She is a trendsetter and really changes the face of aviation.

I prefered Marions story even though they were both good. We see two stories weave their way around the globe as like two planes going loop de loop at the same time. The story reads like a series of vignettes, scenes or postcards if you will. Hadley Baxter’s career has been grounded, so she is hoping that a story about a woman who quite literarally takes off and shows the world what she can do is going to be a good omen for her. Marion’s story is told in the past, and in the modern day we get to meet the actress who will play Marion in a film. Marion is a very intricate and important character on her own. There were of course real famous female aviators such as Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson but I think it’s clever that the author didn’t try to recreate their live and journeys. Such an iconic and amazing character that I honestly thought she had been plucked from history. It shows the journey of the main character in the novel – a woman who, in 1940, attempts to navigate the world in an airplane. There is a world map at the start of this novel.

BookTrail Travel to Great Circleĭestination : Around the world on a planeįood and drink to accompany: nothing as you’ll spill it in the A novel to transport you around the world in a plane BookTrail Travel to Great Circle It is Marian’s life dream and her final journey, before she disappears without a trace…. In 1950, Marion Graves embarks on the great circle flight, circumnavigating the globe.

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