How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky..., Lydia Netzer
How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky..., Lydia Netzer
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How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky
A Novel

Author: Lydia Netzer

Narrator: Joshilyn Jackson

Unabridged: 11 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2014

Synopsis

Beyond the skyline of Toledo stands the Toledo Institute of Astronomy, the nation's premier center of astronomical discovery and a beacon of scientific learning for astronomers far and wide. One of these is George Dermont, a dreamer and a man of deep faith, who's trying to prove the scientific existence of a Gateway to God, and speaks to ancient gods and believes they speak back. Its newest star is Irene Sparks, a pragmatist and mathematician invited to lead the Institute's work on a massive superconductor being constructed below Toledo. This would be a scientist's dream come true, but it's particularly poignant for Irene who has been in self-imposed exile from Toledo and her estranged alcoholic mother, Bernice. When Bernice dies unexpectedly, Irene resolves to return to Toledo, and sets in motion a series of events which place George and Irene on a collision course with love, destiny and fate.

George and Irene were born to be together. Literally. Their mothers, friends since childhood, hatched a plan to get pregnant together, raise the children together and then separate them so as to become each other's soulmates as adults. Can true love exist if engineered from birth?

Lydia Netzer's How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky is a mind-bending, heart-shattering love story for dreamers and pragmatists alike, exploring the conflicts of fate and determinism, and asking how much of life is under our control and what is pre-ordained in the stars.

About Lydia Netzer

LYDIA NETZER lives in Virginia with her husband and two redheaded children. She is the author of How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky and Shine Shine Shine, a NYT Notable Book and a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara

Some dude once told me he would read anything written by Stephen King—even a shopping list. That’s the way I feel about Lydia Netzer. In HOW TO TELL TOLEDO FROM THE NIGHT SKY, her writing is glorious, her characters uniquely memorable. In one laugh-out-loud scene, I actually felt as if I were readin......more

Goodreads review by Priscille

How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky is Netzer's brilliant second novel. Like her first quirky book, Shine Shine Shine, Toledo will take the reader into a world that is just a little off from reality, with characters driven by real life passions and short comings. It is at times heartbreakingly sad......more

Quotes

“Narrator Joshilyn Jackson is well suited to conveying the book's inherent sense of wonder.” —Library Journal

“No one writes like the brilliant Lydia Netzer; she’s a visionary with a huge voice and an impeccable ear for language. HOW TO TELL TOLEDO FROM THE NIGHT SKY evokes an Ohio where math has married mysticism, where a woman at war with falling in love can find herself flying into it instead, where a man will fight both his demons and his deities to finally connect. It’s a powerful reinvention of the love story---sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes glorious, but always truly original.  Compelling, rich with ideas, and perfectly written, it left me breathless. I love this book, and you will, too” —Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of A Grown Up Kind of Pretty

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