Description
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, this novel tells a story of love and astronomy across two centuries. Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have spent their entire lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Separated by three decades in age, they are kindred spirits, torn between their religious faith and their desire to explore the world. Their friendship is shattered by the arrival of love. Over the course of twenty years, their lives are drawn back into one another’s orbit as a devastating story of passion and scientific adventure unfolds, revealing Aldleigh’s unique mysteries. The novel explores the heavens, comets, faith, ghosts and love, and has been named a Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail.
Information
Author: Perry Sarah
Language: English
Publication date: May 1, 2025
Manufacturer: Folio, spol.s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Fiction in english, English novels
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 381
ISBN/EAN: 9781529927788