Kate’s 2¢: “Great circle” by Maggie shipstead with Alex McKenna

“Great circle” by Maggie shipstead with Alex McKenna

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   The biography of Marian Graves was very interesting. She had a tragic beginning, yet, had depth and drive to persevere to attain her dream.

   I found the character of Hadley to be superficial and not worth the print, although, she was the only one to solve the puzzle of what happen to Marian and had the grace to keep it a secret.

   I think this story was read by Alex McKenna.  It was over 25 hours of listening, but, she did a good job of narrating the story.

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Maggie Shipstead is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Astonish Me and Seating Arrangements and the winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford, and the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

From the WEB:

Mini Bio (1) Alex McKenna was born on October 15, 1984 in Hollywood, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Red Dead Redemption II (2018), Code Black (2015) and Bear with Us (2016).

Trade Mark (1) Husky voice

From NLS/BARD/LOC          :

Great circle DB103266

Shipstead, Maggie; McKenna, Alex Reading time: 25 hours, 19 minutes.

Alex McKenna

Historical Fiction

As a teen during Prohibition, Marian Graves meets a bootlegger who helps her become an aviator. An adventurous life follows, including an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian’s disappearance in Antarctica. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

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