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GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
Alyson Foster
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Description for GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
A stunning story of a woman, a marriage and an impossible love 'From the first page, I was drawn in by this gripping and winning novel. The writing is fresh, vivid, and funny, beautifully capturing the mysteries of both the cosmos and our daily lives' MADELINE MILLER, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles 'An incredibly powerful modern love story' COSMOPOLITAN ____________________ As though a gesture could save anyone – in this universe where even the smallest pieces are hurtling away from one another at the speed of light. That’s all then. Or all I ... Read more What say you? Jess Frobisher is a botany professor at the local university. Her husband, Liam, works for a space tourism company called Spaceco, which has just become front-page news: one of their shuttles exploded shortly after lift-off, killing everyone on board. The press descends. With the future of the company in doubt, two filmmakers approach Liam about making a documentary on the space tourism industry. Seeing this as an opportunity to save Spaceco, Liam agrees to cooperate, assembling a team for another trip into space. When he asks Jess to go, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to save her faltering marriage and her life as she knows it. Show Less
A stunning story of a woman, a marriage and an impossible love 'From the first page, I was drawn in by this gripping and winning novel. The writing is fresh, vivid, and funny, beautifully capturing the mysteries of both the cosmos and our daily lives' MADELINE MILLER, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles 'An incredibly powerful modern love story' COSMOPOLITAN ____________________ As though a gesture could save anyone – in this universe where even the smallest pieces are hurtling away from one another at the speed of light. That’s all then. Or all I ... Read more What say you? Jess Frobisher is a botany professor at the local university. Her husband, Liam, works for a space tourism company called Spaceco, which has just become front-page news: one of their shuttles exploded shortly after lift-off, killing everyone on board. The press descends. With the future of the company in doubt, two filmmakers approach Liam about making a documentary on the space tourism industry. Seeing this as an opportunity to save Spaceco, Liam agrees to cooperate, assembling a team for another trip into space. When he asks Jess to go, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to save her faltering marriage and her life as she knows it. Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408845035
SKU
V9781408845035
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About Alyson Foster
Alyson Foster grew up in Michigan and received her BA in creative writing from the University of Michigan, winning a Hopwood Award for her fiction. She received her MFA from George Mason University, where she was a Completion Fellow, and her short fiction has appeared in various publications Alyson Foster lives in Washington D.C., where she ... Read more
Reviews for GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
From the first page, I was drawn in by this gripping and winning novel. The writing is fresh, vivid, and funny, beautifully capturing the mysteries of both the cosmos and our daily lives
Madeline Miller, author of the Orange Prize winning The Song of Achilles
A witty and original novel, rich in pithy insights, gloriously spot-on with regard ... Read more
Madeline Miller, author of the Orange Prize winning The Song of Achilles
A witty and original novel, rich in pithy insights, gloriously spot-on with regard ... Read more