![]() I have made a promise to myself: My last descent won't be the tumbling, helpless kind but sharp gannet plunge-a dive with intent, aimed at something deep in the sea." I was shaped to the earth like a seabird to a wave. By the first lines, I was all in: "I was born to be a wanderer. I brought the backup reads in case Great Circle fizzled in the middle, but no alternates were needed. But each of those were contemporary novels, modestly proportioned in contrast to her latest-a work of historical fiction that clocks in at 589 pages. I'd really liked Shipstead's previous novels, Seating Arrangements (2012) and Astonish Me (2014). I brought it with me to Key West on my first vacation since the Covid lockdown began in March 2020, along with about eight other options-just in case. ![]() Maggie Shipstead's sumptuous epic, Great Circle (Knopf, May 4) is the one. Oprah and Jenna Bush Hager Talk Book Clubs. ![]()
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