Maggie Shipstead

Häikäisevä ja lennokas romaani kahdesta omaa reittiään kartoittavasta naisesta Marian Graves on syntynyt uhmaamaan luonnonlakeja ja aikansa normeja. Orvoksi jäänyt tyttö kasvaa setänsä hoivissa Montanan metsissä, lopettaa 14-vuotiaana koulunkäynnin ja omistautuu pahamaineisen viinatrokarin rahoittamana todelliselle intohimolleen, lentämiselle. Järjestelyn seuraukset varjostavat hänen loppuelämäänsä mutta vievät myös lähemmäs suurta, uhkarohkeaa unelmaa: lentämistä maapallon ympäri.Sata vuotta myöhemmin Hadley Baxter, skandaalin ryvettämä Hollywood-tähti, näkee tilaisuuden pelastaa uransa näyttelemällä Mariania elokuvassa, joka kertoo tämän lentokoneen kohtalokkaasta katoamisesta lähellä etelänapaa vuonna 1950. Hadley tuntee vahvaa yhteyttä Marianiin ja haluaa selvittää huimapäisen lentäjän mysteerin.Maggie Shipsteadin ylistetty menestysromaani kieputtaa lukijan mukaansa henkeäsalpaavaan seikkailuun korkealle yläilmoihin, kieltolain aikaisesta Montanasta toisen maailmansodan melskeisiin ja nyky-Hollywoodin kuohuihin.

Häikäisevä ja lennokas romaani kahdesta omaa reittiään kartoittavasta naisestaMarian Graves on syntynyt uhmaamaan luonnonlakeja ja aikansa normeja. Orvoksi jäänyt tyttö kasvaa setänsä hoivissa Montanan metsissä, lopettaa 14-vuotiaana koulunkäynnin ja omistautuu pahamaineisen viinatrokarin rahoittamana todelliselle intohimolleen, lentämiselle. Järjestelyn seuraukset varjostavat hänen loppuelämäänsä mutta vievät myös lähemmäs suurta, uhkarohkeaa unelmaa: lentämistä maapallon ympäri.Sata vuotta myöhemmin Hadley Baxter, skandaalin ryvettämä Hollywood-tähti, näkee tilaisuuden pelastaa uransa näyttelemällä Mariania elokuvassa, joka kertoo tämän lentokoneen kohtalokkaasta katoamisesta lähellä etelänapaa vuonna 1950. Hadley tuntee vahvaa yhteyttä Marianiin ja haluaa selvittää huimapäisen lentäjän mysteerin.Maggie Shipsteadin ylistetty menestysromaani kieputtaa lukijan mukaansa henkeäsalpaavaan seikkailuun korkealle yläilmoihin, kieltolain aikaisesta Montanasta toisen maailmansodan melskeisiin ja nyky-Hollywoodin kuohuihin.

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE-SHORTLISTED GREAT CIRCLE'The same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Maurier's most unsettling short fiction' FINANCIAL TIMES'Has an innate charm of its own. Beautifully realised' DAILY MAIL'It's a rare writer who can create a world as convincingly over a few pages as in a 600-page novel; Shipstead's fluency in both forms is testament to the skill she modestly casts as a work in progress' Stephanie Merritt, GUARDIAN'Maggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet's attention to detail' THE TIMESA collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. Diving into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll, and illuminating a cast of unforgettable characters, Shipstead traverses the ordinary and extraordinary with cunning, compassion, and wit.Meet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life, only to fall into a decade-long triangle of unrequited love; a male novelist who is just reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print; a honeymoon couple's time in the hills of Romania builds into a moment of shattering tragedy. In the title story, a famous child actress breaks away from a religious cult, as she tells - with brittle candour - her tale of childhood damage and the dark side of fame.Exuding both tenderness and bite, Shipstead exposes complicated truths in this dazzling collection sealing her reputation as an astonishingly versatile master of fiction.---------------------'Shipstead is a writer who can vividly summon whatever she chooses, taking the reader deep inside the world she creates' FINANCIAL TIMES'Shipstead observes people beautifully' THE TIMES

From the Booker Prize nominee and New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle, a piercing, irresistible, "immersive" (The New York Times) first collection of short stories exquisite in their craft and audacious in their range. A love triangle plays out over decades on a Montana dude ranch. A hurdler and a gymnast spend a single night together in the Olympic village. Mistakes and mysteries weave an intangible web around an old man's deathbed in Paris, connecting disparate destinies. On the slopes of an unfinished ski resort, a young woman searches for her vanished lover. A couple's Romanian honeymoon goes ominously awry, and, in the mesmerizing title story, a former child actress breaks with her life in a Hollywood cult. In these and other stories, knockout after knockout, Maggie Shipstead delivers another "extraordinary" (New York Times) work of fiction and seals her reputation as a writer of "breathtaking range and skill" (Kirkus Reviews). Rich in imagination and dazzling in its shapeshifting style, You Have a Friend in 10A excavates the complexities of love, sex, and life in ways unsparing and hilarious, sharp-eyed and tender.

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE-SHORTLISTED GREAT CIRCLE'The same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Maurier's most unsettling short fiction' FINANCIAL TIMES'Has an innate charm of its own. Beautifully realised' DAILY MAIL 'It's a rare writer who can create a world as convincingly over a few pages as in a 600-page novel; Shipstead's fluency in both forms is testament to the skill she modestly casts as a work in progress' Stephanie Merritt, GUARDIAN'Maggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet's attention to detail' THE TIMESA collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. Diving into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll, and illuminating a cast of unforgettable characters, Shipstead traverses the ordinary and extraordinary with cunning, compassion, and wit.Meet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life, only to fall into a decade-long triangle of unrequited love; a male novelist who is just reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print; a honeymoon couple's time in the hills of Romania builds into a moment of shattering tragedy. In the title story, a famous child actress breaks away from a religious cult, as she tells - with brittle candour - her tale of childhood damage and the dark side of fame.Exuding both tenderness and bite, Shipstead exposes complicated truths in this dazzling collection sealing her reputation as an astonishingly versatile master of fiction.---------------------'Shipstead is a writer who can vividly summon whatever she chooses, taking the reader deep inside the world she creates' FINANCIAL TIMES'Shipstead observes people beautifully' THE TIMES

A soaring, breathtakingly ambitious novel that weaves together the astonishing lives of a 1950s vanished female aviator and the modern-day Hollywood actress who plays her on screen. From her days as a wild child in prohibition America to the blitz and glitz of wartime London, from the rugged shores of New Zealand to a lonely iceshelf in Antarctica, Marian Graves is driven by a need for freedom and danger. Determined to live an independent life, she resists the pull of her childhood sweetheart, and burns her way through a suite of glamorous lovers. But it is an obsession with flight that consumes her most. Now, as she is about to fulfil her greatest ambition, to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole, Marian crash lands in a perilous wilderness of ice. Over half a century later, troubled film star Hadley Baxter is drawn inexorably to play the enigmatic pilot on screen. It is a role that will lead her to an unexpected discovery, throwing fresh and spellbinding light on the story of the unknowable Marian Graves. _______________________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND TIMES BESTSELLER TIME MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A gripping historical adventure that feels sharp, fresh and modern'STYLIST'So beautiful, so daring, so complete'TAYLOR JENKINS REID 'A masterpiece'NIGELLA LAWSON'Luminous, masterful. Glides seamlessly through the 20th century, immersing the reader'TELEGRAPH, Best Fiction of 2021'How deeply we care about each of these people. Extraordinary'NEW YORK TIMES 'Wonderful. Memorable characters and vivid storytelling'GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE 'A tour-de-force'DAILY EXPRESS _________________________________________ 'Extraordinary' NEW YORK TIMES'Full of adventure, passion and tragedy' THE TIMES'Soars from the very first page' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Luminous, masterful. Glides seamlessly through 20th century history' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Breathtaking' OBSERVER'Impressive and gripping' SUNDAY TIMES'Surprising and moving at every turn' GUARDIAN'Audacious and Immersive' DAILY MAIL'Accomplished and ambitious' FINANCIAL TIMES Readers love GREAT CIRCLE:***** What a read! Immense story with beautifully created characters***** A 600 page turner that you are sad to finish***** The story is so well researched and planned; historical fiction standing side by side with history itself***** This is a stunning achievement, my perspective feels fundamentally transformed through reading it***** A wonderful saga, covering a large chunk of the twentieth century

HIMMELSTORMERE er en gribende roman om to uforglemmelige kvinder, hvis livsvalg og skæbner elegant flettes sammen på tværs af århundreder og kontinenter. Det er en roman, der med dyb empati udforsker, hvordan man kan forsone sig med, hvem man selv er, og finde ud af at leve sit liv, så man ikke bliver offer for ydre omstændigheder. Lige siden den skæbnesvangre nat, hvor hun som spæd blev reddet ud af flammerne på et synkende skib, til den dag hun første gang ser fly cirkle hen over barndomslandets store vidder til den dag, hun selv får mulighed for at se jorden fra luften, har Marian Graves’ liv været kendetegnet ved sult efter både frihed og fare. Efter en omtumlet tilværelse, der blandt andet indeholder et fatalt ægteskab med en spritsmugler, en professionel karriere som pilot i Alaska og en heroisk krigsindsats under 2. Verdenskrig som pilot i England, beslutter Marian sig for at flyve jorden rundt i en storcirkel hen over Jordens poler. Et halvt århundrede senere har Hadley Baxter, en strålende men kriseramt Hollywood-skuespillerinde, takket ja til en rolle som Marian Graves i en film om den forsvundne pilots liv. En rolle, der får større betydning for Hadley end hun nogensinde kunne have forestillet sig og som driver hende ud i en større undersøgelse af Marians liv og hemmeligheder. HIMMELSTORMERE blev shortlistet til Booker-prisen 2021 og er Maggie Shipsteads store internationale gennembrud. Bogen er oversat af Agnete Dorph Stjernfelt

From the Booker Prize nominee and New York Times best-selling author of Great Circle, a piercing, irresistible first collection of short stories exquisite in their craft and audacious in their range A love triangle plays out over decades on a Montana dude ranch. A hurdler and a gymnast spend a single night together in the Olympic village. Mistakes and mysteries weave an intangible web around an old man's deathbed in Paris, connecting disparate destinies. On the slopes of an unfinished ski resort, a young woman searches for her vanished lover. A couple's Romanian honeymoon goes ominously awry, and, in the mesmerizing title story, a former child actress breaks with her life in a Hollywood cult. In these and other stories, knockout after knockout, Maggie Shipstead delivers another "extraordinary" (New York Times) work of fiction and seals her reputation as a writer of "breathtaking range and skill" (Kirkus Reviews). Rich in imagination and dazzling in its shapeshifting style, You Have a Friend in 10A excavates the complexities of love, sex, and life in ways unsparing and hilarious, sharp-eyed and tender.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK - The unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost: an "epic trip--through Prohibition and World War II, from Montana to London to present-day Hollywood--and you'll relish every minute" (People).After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy bootlegger who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe by flying over the North and South Poles. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance in Antarctica. Vibrant, canny, disgusted with the claustrophobia of Hollywood, Hadley is eager to redefine herself after a romantic film franchise has imprisoned her in the grip of cult celebrity. Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds, thrillingly, alongside Marian's own story, as the two women's fates--and their hunger for self-determination in vastly different geographies and times--collide. Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Maggie Shipstead.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK - The unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost: an "epic trip--through Prohibition and World War II, from Montana to London to present-day Hollywood--and you'll relish every minute" (People).After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy bootlegger who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe by flying over the North and South Poles. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance in Antarctica. Vibrant, canny, disgusted with the claustrophobia of Hollywood, Hadley is eager to redefine herself after a romantic film franchise has imprisoned her in the grip of cult celebrity. Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds, thrillingly, alongside Marian's own story, as the two women's fates--and their hunger for self-determination in vastly different geographies and times--collide. Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Maggie Shipstead.

The New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle 'Brilliantly written; the first ballet novel for grown-ups' THE TIMES 'A bravura display of high-performance art' GUARDIAN

From the New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle comes "a novel you must read" (The Washington Post) about a mother who is trying to forget her past as a young ballerina in Paris who fell into a passionate romance with a Soviet dance superstar. For years Joan has been trying to find peace and satisfaction in her role as wife and mother. Few in her drowsy California suburb know her thrilling history: as a young American ballerina in Paris, she had a doomed affair with Soviet dance superstar Arslan Rusakov. After playing a leading role in his celebrated defection, Joan bowed out of the spotlight for good, heartbroken by Arslan and humbled by her own modest career. But when her son turns out to be a ballet prodigy, Joan is pulled back into a world she thought she'd left behind--a world of dangerous secrets, of Arslan, and of longing for what will always be just out of reach. "The inner lives of Shipstead's] characters feel as real and immediate as the shifting settings they inhabit: still-gritty mid-1970s Manhattan, shabbily elegant Paris, the sunbaked suburban sprawl of Southern California." --Entertainment Weekly

The New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle â??Joyously goodâ?? DAILY MAIL â??A ferociously clever comedy of mannersâ?? GUARDIAN

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - The irresistible story of a summer New England wedding weekend gone awry--a deliciously biting satirical glimpse into the lives of the well-bred and ill-behaved, from the New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle. The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne--seven months pregnant--to the impeccably appropriate Greyson Duff. The weekend is full of champagne, salt air and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discontent and simmering lust stir beneath the surface. Winn Van Meter, father of the bride, is not having a good time. Barred from the exclusive social club he's been eyeing since birth, he's also tormented by an inappropriate crush on Daphne's beguiling bridesmaid, Agatha, and the fear that his daughter, Livia--recently heartbroken by the son of his greatest rival--is a too-ready target for the wiles of Greyson's best man. When old resentments, a beached whale and an escaped lobster are added to the mix, the wedding that should have gone off with military precision threatens to become a spectacle of misbehavior.