God is an Astronaut by Alyson Foster (Uncorrected Proof Copy)
The day of the accident, Jess is in the backyard with a chainsaw, clearing space to build the greenhouse she's always wanted. And, as always, she is thinking of Arthur. Arthur, her colleague in the botany department, who never believed she'd actually start the project. Arthur, who has cut off contact, escaping to the subarctic to study the pines.
But now there has been a disaster, connected to Jess's husband's space tourism business: the explosion of a shuttle filled with commercial passengers, igniting a media frenzy on her family's doorstep. Jess's engineer husband is implicated, and she knows there is information he's withholding from her, even as the cameras turn to her for answers.
Struggling, Jess writes to the only person she can be candid with. She writes to Arthur. And in her emails, freighted with longing, regret, and the old habits of seduction, she tries to untangle how her life has changed in one instant, but also slowly, and how it might change still.
Unfolding through Jess's emails to Arthur, written in glimmering prose, this extraordinary debut is a dazzling modern-day love story.
Format: Paperback | 304 pages
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 13.5 x 1.7 | 502g -
Publication Date: 19 Jun 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint: Bloomsbury Circus
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
Edition Statement: Uncorrected Proof Copy
ISBN10: 1408844982
ISBN13: 9781408844984
Condition: Very Good
A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minor scuff marks along the edges. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.