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by Isa Arsén
An evocative debut novel about one ambitious NASA secretary's relentless drive to live and love big life in a world that would keep her small ...
How far would you travel for love?
Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk feels an undeniable pull toward space. Her childhood memories dimmed by loss, she has left behind her home, her family, and her first love in pursuit of intellectual fulfillment. When she finally lands a job as a NASA secretary during the Apollo 11 mission, the work is everything she dreamed, and while she feels a budding attraction to one of the engineers, she can't get distracted. Not now.
When her inability to ignore mistaken calculations propels her into a new position, Annie finds herself torn between her ambition, her heart, and a mysterious discovery that upends everything she knows to be scientifically true. Can she overcome her doubts and reach beyond the limits of time and space?
Affecting, urgent, and immersive, Shoot the Moon tells the story of one woman's quest to honor both her head and her heart amid the human toll of scientific progress and the persistent, unignorable yearning for home.
"Innovative ... Arsén expertly navigates the back-and-forth of the story's time-travel events, threading them into the highlights of women's scientific achievements. Readers who relish strong female leads will be riveted." —Publishers Weekly
"Explorations of love, loss, science, and the edges of the universe and what is—and is not—possible in the space-time continuum collide in this story; it's reminiscent of the thoughtfulness, matter-of-fact science, and female strength of Connie Willis' well-known time traveling series beginning with Doomsday Book (1992) as well as the world portrayed in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures (2016). A delightful and surprising story of a woman drawn through life by curiosity." —Kirkus Reviews
"If you're looking for a book club pick, this is it. Isa Arsén's debut ... is drawing comparisons to Lessons in Chemistry and The Time Traveler's Wife." —Country Living
"A romantic and dazzling journey into the mystery of time, space, grief and loneliness. Arsen's knowledge of mathematics and physics is truly impressive, and brings authenticity to the world of exploration she has captured. A lovely debut." —Charlotte McConaghy, author of Migrations
"A uniquely tender and beautiful book.....A novel of wonder and in-betweens that asks us to consider grief, hope, love, and ambition in equal measure." —Erika Swyler, author of The Book of Speculation
"Utterly original and overflowing with love in its purest form, Shoot the Moon is a one-of-a-kind journey through space, time and history." —Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Daughter
"Part historical fiction, part science fiction, part moving love story, Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon will surprise you at every turn. Prepare yourself: Shoot the Moon is a book like no other." —Jennie Fields, author of Atomic Love
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Isa Arsén is a certified bleeding heart and audio engineer based in South Texas, where she lives with her spouse and a comically small dog. She's published several shorts and pieces of experimental interactive media. Inspired by her own childhood summers in New Mexico, Shoot the Moon is her debut novel.
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