We begin to learn Marian’s backstory from Hadley’s contemporary impressions. In a parallel story, Hadley Baxter, a modern actress, prepares and then plays the role of Marian in a Hollywood movie. Marian Graves is a fictional female aviator who went missing as she sought to circumnavigate the earth north-south over the poles. However, I am still working on understanding how the circle and its symbolism highlight the story. I devoured all the pages since it is written beautifully with so many literary elements. It certainly covers vast territory-literally and figuratively, in its 600+ pages. The New York Times calls this novel ambitious. I have made a promise to myself: My last descent won’t be the tumbling helpless kind but a sharp gannet plunge-a dive with intent, aimed at something deep in the sea.” Great Circle (p. I was shaped to the earth like a seabird to a wave.
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