Kanonerbjudande – Celestial Lights

Exquisite and deeply felt VOGUE Beautifully rendered GRAZIA Magnificentmelds sharp insight with great heart NICOLA DINANThoughtful and beautifully compelling ALICE WINN A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love and space from the award-winning author of the Womens Prize longlisted Wandering Souls. 28 January, 1986: Moments after launch, the Challenger shuttle falls from the sky. At the same time, in a small English village, Oliver Ines is born.Ollie spends his childhood in a bedroom covered in glow-in-the-dark wallpaper, bearing the planets and stars. Decades later, he has become one of the most renowned astronauts of his time. When an enterprising billionaire approaches him to lead a landmark, ten-year mission to the distant moon Europa, Ollie cannot resist the call of history.As the mission advances deeper into uncharted territory, Ollie finds himself retreating into the past: his school days and years in the Navy, relationships found and lost, becoming a husband and father. But will the world he remembers still be waiting for him when he returns?Celestial Lights is a breathtaking story of fate, love, and sacrifice that questions what we owe ourselves and our loved ones, when our ambitions and loyalties collide.An affecting study of childhood romance hitting the brick wall of adult reality JONATHAN COE, author of The Proof of My InnocenceTruly lovelythe scope of an epic JO HAMYA, author of The HypocriteA wonderful and singular reading experience JENNY MUSTARD, author of What A Time To Be Alive Incrediblestayed with me long after I stopped readingRED MAGAZINE Atmospheric, original, and beautiful ELA LEE, author of MinbakMasterfulI was totally absorbed from start to finish JYOTI PATEL, author of The Things That We LostA moving story that stays with you ROMALYN ANTE, author of AgimatStunning, exhilarating and unforgettable ELIANA RAMAGE, author of To the Moon and Back