Lydia Netzer Libros

A debut unlike any other, "Shine Shine Shine" is a shocking, searing, breathless love story, about how a woman's perfect life comes crashing down after one untimely fender bender and whose relationship is tested with a dangerous, gripping portrait of modern family.

When Maxon met Sunny he was seven years, four months and eighteen days old. Or, he was 2693 rotations of the earth old. Maxon was different. Sunny was different. They were different together.Now, twenty years later, they are married, and Sunny wants, more than anything, to be 'normal'. But her husband is on a NASA mission to the moon, and a meteor is heading his way. Sunny wishes Maxon would turn the rocket around and come straight the hell home.This is the story of two children who grew up and fell in love. This is the story of an astronaut who is lost in space, and the wife he left behind. This is a love story like no other.This gloriously inventive, funny novel is at once an intimate portrait of a very modern American family and a timeless love story. It's about the choices that make us human, the line between life and death, and is a captivating exploration of marriage, motherhood and self.

Liebe unter Wissenschaftlern… George, ein verträumter Kosmologe, erforscht den Ursprung des Universums. Irene, die pragmatische Astrophysikerin, erschafft schwarze Löcher im Labor. Als beide sich am bekannten Institut für Astronomie in Toledo begegnen, passiert es: Die Liebe schlägt ein wie ein Blitz und wirft beide aus ihrer Umlaufbahn. Irene und George scheinen wie füreinander geschaffen. Ein glücklicher Zufall? Daran glauben Astrophysiker prinzipiell nicht. Dann findet Irene auch noch heraus, dass ihre und Georges Mutter einander kannten und ganz eigene Pläne mit den beiden hatten… Steht ihre Liebe unter keinem guten Stern?