{"product_id":"light-from-other-stars-9781635575095","title":"Light from Other Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Long Island Reads 2020 Selection * A\u003ci\u003e Real Simple\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2019 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Speculation\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"tender and ambitious\" (Vulture) novel about time, loss, and the wonders of the universe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleven-year-old Nedda Papas is obsessed with becoming an astronaut. In 1986 in Easter, a small Florida Space Coast town, her dreams seem almost within reach--if she can just grow up fast enough. Theo, the scientist father she idolizes, is consumed by his own obsessions. Laid off from his job at NASA and still reeling from the loss of Nedda's newborn brother several years before, Theo turns to the dangerous dream of extending his daughter's childhood just a little longer. The result is an invention that alters the fabric of time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Decades later, Nedda has achieved her long-held dream and is traveling aboard the space ship \u003ci\u003eChawla\u003c\/i\u003e, part of a small group hoping to colonize a distant planet. But as she floats in zero gravity, far from earth, she and her crewmates face a serious crisis. Nedda may hold the key to the solution, if she can come to terms with her past and the future that awaits her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Miracles \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Immortalists\u003c\/i\u003e, Erika Swyler's \u003ci\u003eLight from Other Stars \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterful and ambitious novel about fathers and daughters, women and the forces that hold them back, and the true meaning of progress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635575095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Erika Swyler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663817109660,"sku":"9781635575095","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4861dc5a-f4b9-4271-9935-c9c0793556ed.jpg?v=1603905143","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/light-from-other-stars-9781635575095","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}