Sara Seager's memoir was a fascinating look at the parallels of her life and career. She did a really nice job of weaving the happenings of her day to day life and passionate career. Sara became interested in the stars and planets when she was 10, feeding that passion into
…more a career as an astrophysicist and professor at MIT. Yet there were many obstacles that she overcame along the way. Such as a step father with severe mood swings, a diagnosis of autism as well as her husbands cancer and eventual death when she was just 40 with 2 young boys.
I really appreciated how she could link life and career so effortlessly. At times the book was more technical than I'd have liked, but I never felt it took away from her story. (less)