For readers of Station Eleven and The Snow Child, Lily Brooks-Dalton\'s haunting debut is the unforgettable story of two outsiders--a lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to Earth--as they grapple with love, regret, and survival in a world transformed.
Good Morning, Midnight is a fascinating story, surprising and inspiring at every turn.`` --Keith Scribner. . .
Lily Brooks-Dalton is an uncanny chronicler of desolate spaces, whether it\'s the cold expanse of the universe or the deepest recesses of the human heart.`` --Colson Whitehead ``With imagination, empathy, and insight into unchanged and unchangeable human nature, Lily Brooks-Dalton takes us on an emotional journey in this beautiful debut.`` --Yiyun Li ``A truly original novel, otherworldly and profoundly human .
Brooks-Dalton\'s heartfelt debut novel unfolds at a perfect pace as it asks readers what will be left when everything in the world is gone.``-- Booklist `` Good Morning, Midnight is a remarkable and gifted debut novel. . . .
Brooks-Dalton\'s prose lights up the page in great swathes, her dialogue sharp and insightful, and the high-concept plot drives a story of place, elusive love, and the inexorable yearning for human contact.``-- Publishers Weekly ``Beautiful descriptions create a sense of wonder and evoke feelings of desolation. . .
John Mandel\'s Station Eleven and Kim Stanley Robinson\'s Aurora will appreciate the Brooks-Dalton\'s exquisite exploration of relationships in extreme environments.`` -- The Washington Post ``Ambitious .
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The book contemplates the biggest questions--What is left at the end of the world? What is the impact of a life\'s work?`` -- Portland Mercury ``A beautifully written, sparse post-apocalyptic novel that explores memory, loss and identity . . .
Praise for Good Morning, Midnight ``Stunningly gorgeous .
In crystalline prose, Good Morning, Midnight poses the most important questions: What endures at the end of the world? How do we make sense of our lives? Lily Brooks-Dalton\'s captivating debut is a meditation on the power of love and the bravery of the human heart.
As Augustine and Sully each face an uncertain future against forbidding yet beautiful landscapes, their stories gradually intertwine in a profound and unexpected conclusion.
But when Mission Control falls inexplicably silent, Sully and her crewmates are forced to wonder if they will ever get home.
So far the journey has been a success.
The astronauts are the first human beings to delve this deep into space, and Sully has made peace with the sacrifices required of her: a daughter left behind, a marriage ended.
At the same time, Mission Specialist Sullivan is aboard the Aether on its return flight from Jupiter.
They are alone.
Shortly after the others have gone, Augustine discovers a mysterious child, Iris, and realizes that the airwaves have gone silent.
The scientists are forced to evacuate, but Augustine stubbornly refuses to abandon his work.
At his latest posting, in a research center in the Arctic, news of a catastrophic event arrives.
For years he has lived in remote outposts, studying the sky for evidence of how the universe began.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SHELF AWARENESS AND THE CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS - COLSON WHITEHEAD\'S FAVORITE BOOK OF 2016 ( Esquire ) Augustine, a brilliant, aging astronomer, is consumed by the stars.
For readers of Station Eleven and The Snow Child, Lily Brooks-Dalton\'s haunting debut is the unforgettable story of two outsiders--a lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to Earth--as they grapple with love, regret, and survival in a world transformed
