Base Ten - Couverture souple

Lesert, Maryann

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1558615814 ISBN 13 : 9781558615816

Editeur : Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 2009

Synopsis

In this "wonderful first novel" an astrophysicist struggles with returning to her career in science after putting it on hold for her family (The Grand Rapids Press).

Raised to believe that she could do anything, astronomer Jillian Greer dreamed of going into space. When she and her research partner Kera Sullivan invented a specialized telescope, it looked as though these two dogged scientists would fulfill the dream they shared.

But ten years later, while Kera trains in a space simulator, Jillian is married with children, packing lunches and helping her kids with homework. With her field's archaic "all or nothing" mindset, maintaining both a family life and a scientific career seems like an impossible task.

As her fortieth birthday draws near, Jillian decides that she must give her career one more shot. Leaving her family for ten days, one day for each year she has put her career on hold, she seeks solitude in the sand dunes of Lake Michigan, where she struggles to see if she can find her way back to the stars.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maryann Lesert lives and works in West Michigan, where she is an assistant professor of English at Grand Rapids Community College. She received a dual BA in Art and English from Western Michigan University, and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, KY.

Lesert is a prolific playwright whose works include Superwoman, The Music in the Mess, and Natural Causes, a finalist for the 2001 Princess Grace Foundation's National Playwright's Fellowship. Recently, she has published short plays in The Art of the One Act and The Best Ten Minute Plays 2007.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1558615814
• ISBN 13: 9781558615816
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 321
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• Personne responsable: non disponible