At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia.
Is there a chance she is not alone? A blazing novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life in our universe, Marie-helene Bertino\'s Beautyland is a remarkable evocation of feeling in exile at home and introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times..
But at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world.
For years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence.
The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of earthlings.
As a child, she recognizes that she is different; she also possesses knowledge of a faraway planet.
Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but reaches for warmth and light.
At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia
