NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &; NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BOOKPAGE, AND SHELF AWARENESS &; &;Paula 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.&;&;Ann Patchett, Country Living
This powerful novel transports readers to the breathtaking world of Out of Africa&;1920s Kenya&;and 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 Denys&;s love, but it&;s ultimately her own heart she must conquer to embrace her true calling and her destiny: to fly.
Praise for Circling the Sun
&;In McLain&;s 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.&;&;Jodi Picoult, author of Leaving Time
&;Enchanting . . . a worthy heir to [Isak] Dinesen . . . Like Africa as it&;s so gorgeously depicted here, this novel will never let you go.&;&;The Boston Globe
&;Famed aviator Beryl Markham is a novelist&;s dream. . . . [A] wonderful portrait of a complex woman who lived&;defiantly&;on her own terms.&;&;People (Book of the Week)
&;Circling the Sun soars.&;&;Newsday
&;Captivating . . . [an] irresistible novel.&;&;The Seattle Times
&;Like 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 nobody&;s wife.&;&;Entertainment Weekly
 
&;[An] eloquent evocation of Beryl&;s daring life.&;&;O: The Oprah Magazine