| Author |
Sedgwick, Helen |
| Year |
2017 |
| First published |
2017 |
| Publisher |
New York: Vintage |
| Number of pages |
290 |
| Edition |
First UK Penguin Vintage Paperpack Edition |
| ISBN |
9781784703318 |
| Keywords |
FMS Library Book, literary or mainstream, astronomy, physics, female scientist, scientist main character |
Abstract
Róisín and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet
at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica. At
first glance, the pair could not be more different. Older by a few
years, Róisín, a daughter of Ireland and a peripatetic astronomer, joins
the science team to observe the fracturing of a comet overhead.
François, the base’s chef, has just left his birthplace in Bayeux,
France, for only the second time in his life. Yet devastating tragedy
and the longing for a fresh start, which they share, as well as an
indelible but unknown bond that stretches back centuries, connect them
to each other. (HarperCollins)
