Circling the Sun: A Novel
Paula McLain, author of the phenomenal bestseller The Paris Wife, now returns with her keenly anticipated new novel, transporting readers to colonial Kenya in the 1920s. Circling the Sun brings to life a fearless and captivating woman—Beryl Markham, a record-setting aviator caught up in a passionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen. Set against the majestic landscape of early-twentieth-century Africa, McLain’s powerful tale reveals the extraordinary adventures of a woman before her time, the exhilaration of freedom and its cost, and the tenacity of the human spirit.
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This is no way a reflection of the actual writing style of this novel - that alone was briliant and McLain is a truly talented Historical Fiction authoer - but rather the unlikeable subject matter and the outlying cast of characters (with the exception of Ruta and Lady D).
As a reader, it was just hard to truly like or feel much empathy for Beryl and I wonder what this woman must have been like "in the flesh". Between her almost obsessive lock o...read more
As a reader, it was just hard to truly like or feel much empathy for Beryl and I wonder what this woman must have been like "in the flesh". Between her almost obsessive lock o...read more
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