Circling the sun
Subtitle: a novel
By: Paula McLain
Edition: First large print edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780804194921
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Women air pilots; Muthaiga Country Club; British; Fiction
Description: Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl Markham is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of nature's delicate balance. But even the wild child must grow up, and when everything Beryl knows and trusts dissolves, she is catapulted into a string of disastrous relationships. Beryl forges her own path as a horse trainer, and her uncommon style attracts the eye of the Happy Valley set, a decadent, bohemian community of European expats who also live and love by their own set of rules. But it's the safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton who ultimately helps Beryl navigate the uncharted territory of her own heart. The intensity of their love reveals Beryl's truest self and her fate: to fly.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-496).