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Light from Other Stars

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Light from Other Stars

Written by: Erika Swyler
Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
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From the author of national best seller The Book of Speculation, a poignant, fantastical novel about the electric combination of ambition and wonder that keeps us reaching toward the heavens.

Eleven-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 living daughter's childhood just a little longer. The result is an invention that alters the fabric of time.

Amidst the chaos that erupts, Nedda must confront her father and his secrets, the ramifications of which will irrevocably change her life, her community, and the entire world. But she finds an unexpected ally in Betheen, the mother she's never quite understood, who surprises Nedda by seeing her more clearly than anyone else. Decades later, Nedda has achieved her long-held dream, and as she floats in antigravity, 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.

Light from Other Stars is about fathers and daughters, women and the forces that hold them back, and the cost of meaningful work. It questions how our lives have changed, what progress looks like, and what it really means to sacrifice for the greater good.

©2019 Erika Swyler (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Space Exploration Space Interstellar Dream
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Beautiful words to a sad story

It’s interesting enough, sure.
Now, I felt the author failed to pick a side and stand on it. Like, I wasn’t sure if she really believed we travelled on as light after death of the body, or, were those just some fanciful imaginings she hoped might be true? I would have liked her to have the main characters be more definitive.

Also, the story is laden with too much sadness with all the family trauma and misunderstandings. Very depressing. I mean sure there are people who have these familial experiences and worse. However, I wanted a more light and airy read that spent more time on the wonders of the metaphysical, quantum physics and space!

This author does write beautifully though. Beauty in the sadness, if that’s your cholla? And, I gotta say kudos for the pink sand and purple sky at the end. 💖💜

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One of my favorite books from 2020

I got ahold of a free copy of this audiobook, but loved it so much that I had to buy it. It was one of my favorite books I read in 2020. I will definitely read it again. I'm planning to read this author's other works as well.

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