Circling the Sun : A Novel

from bookworm12

This historical fiction book is based on the facts of the life of Beryl Markham. We begin with her childhood as a tomboy being raised by her father in Africa. Her love of horses, her confusion over societal norms and why she had to follow them. She lived in a world where lions roaring in the not ...

from cameling

There is much of Beryl Markham that reminds me of another female aviator, Amelia Earhart. They are both free spirits, independent, confident, love challenges, challenge the gender status quo and are unconventional. This historical fiction of Beryl Markham's life starting from her unconventional c...

from TempleCat

Circling the Sun is a couple of love stories, entangled and intertwined. These stories are both about loves that give wings to the spirit and provide security and comfort and belonging and joy. As is forever true about love, their objects also cannot be owned, be possessed, but must, themselves, ...

from PamelaBarrett

I remember reading Beryl Markham's memoir West with the Night after seeing the movie Out of Africa, and how it touched me emotionally. Circling the Sun did the same thing to me, tugging on my heart so much I wanted to cry. The beauty of Africa in the 1920s juxtaposed against the ugliness of what ...

from c.archer

I enjoyed The Paris Wife immensely, and had high expections for this book about the life of Beryl Markham. I was not disappointed. Paula McLain has the ability to make characters come off the pages. As with The Paris Wife, she has chosen to write about historic figures, highlighting a woman. She ...