Circling the Sun: A Novel by Paula McLain Conversation Starters

Circling the Sun: by Paula McLain | Conversation Starters



Circling the Sun, the fictional biography of Beryl Markham, showcases life in 

Africa among the 

white immigrants, the changing roles for women, and the daring new technological advances made in the 

world of flying and airplanes. 

It is also a story about Kenya, horse breeding, and a woman who broke various barriers in her 

world. Most of all, 

it is a story about the unrequited love between Beryl Markham and Denys Finch-Hatton, a big game hunter. 

Love of Africa, horses, flying, and 

men completes Beryl’s life story and is told in a linear tale with a large number of characters from the African Jazz Age. 


Circling the Sun is a much-acclaimed book that remained on the New York Times Bestseller list for six weeks. It was also nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award and chosen as a book of the month by Reader’s Digest. 

A Brief Look Inside:


EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER 

than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, 

and the characters and its world still live on. 

Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to 

bring us beneath the surface of the page 

and invite us into the world that lives on. 


These questions can be used to.. 

Create Hours of Conversation:


• Foster a deeper understanding of the book 

• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups 

• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately 

• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before 


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