Book description
It's 1965, on a small island in the South Pacific, a group of
astronomers gather to witness the passing of a comet, but when a young
boy dies during a meteor shower, the lives of the scientists and their
loved ones change in subtle yet profound ways. Andrew Sean Greer's
remarkable and sweeping novel is an exploration into chances taken and
lost, of love found and broken, and of time's gravitational pull on
the lives of everyday and extraordinary people.
Andrew Sean Greer is the author of three novels: The Story of a
Marriage, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, and The Path of Minor
Planets, as well as the story collection How It Was for Me. He lives
in San Francisco, California.
