Find Request It
Cover Image

Circling the sun a novel

Show other versions (2)

"Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl 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 understandin...

Full description

Saved in:
Main Author: McLain, Paula
Other Authors: McEwan, Katharine
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: [Westminster, MD] : New York : Books on Tape ; Penguin Random House Audio, p2015.
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Markham, Beryl > Fiction.
Women air pilots > Africa > Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction.
Kenya > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Kenya.
Biographical fiction > Kenya.
Audiobooks.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Summary:"Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl 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 ruggedly charismatic 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. Set against the majestic landscape of early-twentieth-century Africa, McLain's powerful tale reveals the extraordinary adventures of a woman before her time, the exhilaration of freedom and its cost, and the tenacity of the human spirit."--Container.
Item Description:Title from container.
Compact disc.
Physical Description:10 sound discs (12 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9780307989925 :
0307989925 :
9780307989901 :
0307989909 :
Author Notes:Paula McLain was born in Fresno, California in 1965. After being abandoned by both parents, she and her two sisters became wards of the California Court System and moved in and out of foster homes for the next 14 years. She received a MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan in 1996. She is the author of two collections of poetry entitled Less of Her and Stumble, Gorgeous and a memoir entitled Like Family: Growing up in Other People's Houses. She has also written several novels including A Ticket to Ride, The Paris Wife, and Circling the Sun. She has published individual poems and essays in numerous journals including the Gettysburg Review, Antioch Review, and The New York Times Sunday Magazine.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Similar Items