Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

12/1/2015BookFilter | Evernote Web https://www.evernote.com/Home.action#n=8478e498-8a1d-49d1-8b63-e3253b4144cb&ses=4&sh=2&sds=5&1/2HomeTop Picks: All BooksCircling the Sun MoreCircling the Sunby Paula McLainPrice: $28.00(Hardcover)Published: July 28, 2015Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)From the Publisher:“Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and forgood reason.</p><p> Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling theSun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.”—AnnPatchett, Country LivingPaula McLain, author of the phenomenal bestseller The Paris Wife, nowreturns with her keenly anticipated new novel, transporting readers tocolonial Kenya in the 1920s.</p><p> Circling the Sun brings to life a fearless andcaptivating woman—Beryl Markham, a record‐setting aviator caught up in apassionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and KarenBlixen, who as Isak Dinesen wrote the classic memoir Out of Africa.Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by hermother, Beryl is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe…Rate This Book|Rate/ReviewAdd To BookshelfGet This Book Go to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site whereyou can get this book.BookFilter12/1/2015BookFilter | Evernote Web https://www.evernote.com/Home.action#n=8478e498-8a1d-49d1-8b63-e3253b4144cb&ses=4&sh=2&sds=5&2/2 Personalize / Add More ChoicesWhat We SayBeryl Markham is one of those captivating figures that loom large in literary history.</p><p> Her memoir "West With TheNight" is rediscovered with regularity and no wonder: it's filled with stirring tales and captures the joy of flight likefew others.</p><p> The fact that Markham crossed paths (to say the least) with the likes of Isak Dinesen while strikingher own fearless path in Kenya makes her all the more appealing.</p><p> Still, for those who have read that classicmemoir, telling Markham's life in a work of fiction is rather audacious.</p><p> Happily, Paula McLain -- author of themassive bestseller "The Paris Wife" -- is up to the task.</p><p> She gets under the skin of Markham, brings herchildhood more vividly to the front and against all expectations brings us right up to the moment when ourheroine literally begins to soar.</p><p> The story of a famed aviatrix that stops before the flying begins? McLain wiselyforges her own path, just like Markham, circling around and under and through that famed memoir while creatinga fully realized character.</p><p> For fans of Alexandra Fuller. -- Michael GiltzWhat Others Say“Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason.</p><p> Fans of The Paris Wife will becaptivated by Circling the Sun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.”—Ann Patchett, CountryLiving “Paula McLain cements herself as the writer of historical fictional memoir with Circling the Sun, giving vivid voice toBeryl Markham, a singular, extraordinary woman.</p><p> In McLain’s confident hands, Markham crackles to life, and wereaders truly understand what made a woman so far ahead of her time believe she had the power to soar.”—JodiPicoult, author of Leaving Time “The Paris Wife is good, but Circling the Sun is much better. . . .</p><p> She was too much for her times, but in Circling theSun [Beryl] Markham finally gets the treatment she deserves.</p><p> That it also makes for bold, absorbing fiction is somuch the better.</p><p> No complaints here.”—New York Daily News “Paula McLain is yet another twenty-first-century woman who can write rings around the hyper-masculine men whodominate so much…MoreWhat You SayFilter byNo Reviews Found .....