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Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyler [Swyler, Erika] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From the author of national bestseller 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 seriou

Who reads Light from Other Stars?

Author

Erika Swyler [Swyler, Erika]

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781635573169

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24