The Comet Seekers: A Novel Hardcover - 2016
by Helen Sedgwick
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- Title The Comet Seekers: A Novel
- Author Helen Sedgwick
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st American
- Condition Used - Fine
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, New York
- Date 2016
- Bookseller's Inventory # 088048
- ISBN 9780062448767 / 0062448765
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 5.6 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 14.22 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Comets
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016008606
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that braids the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors.
When Risn and Franois meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica, they are immediately drawn to each other. At first glance, the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years, Risn, a daughter of Ireland and a peripatetic astronomer, joins the science team to observe the fracturing of a comet overhead. Franois, the base's chef, has just left his birthplace in Bayeux, France, for only the second time in his life. Yet the two are connected by devastating tragedy, the longing for a fresh start, and an indelible yet unknown bond that stretches back centuries.
Helen Sedgwick carefully unfolds their surprisingly intertwined paths, moving forward and back through time to reveal how these lovers' destinies have long been united by the skies--the arrival of comets great and small. In telling Risn and Franois's story, Sedgwick illuminates the lives of their ancestors, showing how strangers can be connected and ghosts can be real, and how the way we choose to see the world can be as desolate or as beautiful as the comets themselves.
A mesmerizing, skillfully crafted, and emotionally perceptive novel that explores the choices we make, the connections we miss, and the ties that inextricably join our fates, The Comet Seekers reflects how the shifting cosmos unites us all through life, beyond death, and across the whole of time.
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 08/01/2016, Page 24
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/0001, Page 0
- Library Journal, 08/01/2016, Page 80
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/01/2016, Page 48
- Publishers Weekly, 08/29/2016, Page 0