Circling The Sun: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ò NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BOOKPAGE, AND SHELF AWARENESS ò ôPaula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling the Sun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.öùAnn Patchett, Country Living This powerful novel transports readers to the breathtaking world of Out of Africaù1920s Kenyaùand reveals the extraordinary adventures of Beryl Markham, a woman before her time. Brought to Kenya from England by pioneering parents dreaming of a new life on an African farm, Beryl is raised unconventionally, developing a fierce will and a love of all things wild. But after everything she knows and trusts dissolves, headstrong young Beryl is flung into a string of disastrous relationships, then becomes caught up in a passionate love triangle with the irresistible safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and the writer Baroness Karen Blixen. Brave and audacious and contradictory, Beryl will risk everything to have DenysÆs love, but itÆs ultimately her own heart she must conquer to embrace her true calling and her destiny: to fly. Praise for Circling the Sun ôIn McLainÆs confident hands, Beryl Markham crackles to life, and we readers truly understand what made a woman so far ahead of her time believe she had the power to soar.öùJodi Picoult, author of Leaving Time ôEnchanting . . . a worthy heir to [Isak] Dinesen . . . Like Africa as itÆs so gorgeously depicted here, this novel will never let you go.öùThe Boston Globe ôFamed aviator Beryl Markham is a novelistÆs dream. . . . [A] wonderful portrait of a complex woman who livedùdefiantlyùon her own terms.öùPeople (Book of the Week) ôCircling the Sun soars.öùNewsday ôCaptivating . . . [an] irresistible novel.öùThe Seattle Times ôLike its high-flying subject, Circling the Sun is audacious and glamorous and hard not to be drawn in by. Beryl Markham may have married more than once, but she was nobodyÆs wife.öùEntertainment Weekly ô[An] eloquent evocation of BerylÆs daring life.öùO: The Oprah Magazine

• | Author: Paula McLain
• | Publisher: Ballantine Books
• | Publication Date: May 31, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0345534204
• | ISBN-13: 9780345534200