Despite the absence of their parents, Marian and Jamie grew up decently. Sailing towards uncharted territories was never in Wallace’s DNA but, in his own way, he cared for his niece and nephew. An artist living in seclusion, Wallace, was unprepared by the prospect of raising his niece and nephew. With no one to take care of them, the Graves twins grew up under the care of their uncle, Wallace, in Missoula, Montana. Their mother, Annabel, abandoned them, while their father, Addison, the ship’s captain, was incarcerated. The primary protagonist of Maggie Shipstead’s latest novel, Great Circle, Marian and her twin brother, Jamie, found themselves orphaned following the burning of the ship Josephina Eterna, enroute to Liverpool from New York City, in December 1914. But for most of us, flying is symbolic it is more than simply about defying the laws of gravity.įor young Marian Graves, flying is about freedom and making her dreams soar. Miniature airplanes are part of our childhood. We buy balloons, mystified at its ability to stay afloat. We have create kites and lanterns to make them soar above us. How does it feel to fly? How does it feel to glide on vast spaces and see the world from a higher vantage point? How does it feel to be above the clouds? We have become enamored by the idea of flying that many of our actions allude to flying.
Watching birds, airplanes, and helicopters effortlessly hover above us roused that curiosity in us. At least once in our lives, we have dreamt of flying and soaring about the skies.
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