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Marjorie Brennan’s books of the year, include Claire Kilroy’s return and a belated reading of Maggie Shipstead’s 2021 novel
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Marjorie Brennan’s books of the year, include Claire Kilroy’s return and a belated reading of Maggie Shipstead’s 2021 novel
Maggie Shipstead’s Great Circle captures the spirit of a fictional pilot who attempted a bold circumnavigation—and who was modeled on Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, Jean Batten, and pilots who flew in Alaska, and who served in World War II in the women’s division of the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA).
Olivia Yallop is in the influencer business - and her book is a lucid, readable and sometimes alarming account of a phenomenon that only came into being a little over a decade ago
Six unique books from writers spread around the world have been nominated for the annual prize celebrating the best of women's fiction in the English language.
These are the six books up for this year's coveted literary prize. Read more on Grazia.