Lydia Netzer. (2014). How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky: A Novel. Unabridged Macmillan Audio.

Lydia Netzer. 2014. How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky: A Novel. Macmillan Audio.

Lydia Netzer, How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky: A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2014.

Lydia Netzer. How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky: A Novel. Unabridged Macmillan Audio, 2014.

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   • bioText: 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.
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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.

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     May 26, 2014
     Netzer’s second novel (after Shine Shine Shine) ties together cosmology, astronomy, and astrology into a dense but absorbing meditation on destiny. After making a career-defining discovery, astrophysicist Irene Sparks is leaving Pittsburgh, Pa., to take a job at the Toledo Institute of Astronomy in her old Ohio hometown. Returning to Toledo means confronting her complex relationship with her recently deceased mother, a lifelong alcoholic who worked as a professional psychic. Most of the staff at TIA is indifferent to Irene’s arrival or outright unwelcoming, but when Irene meets her new colleague, George Dermont, they immediately feel a powerful connection to one another. But what Irene and George don’t know is that 29 years prior, their mothers—both astrology enthusiasts—made a pact to conceive a pair of cosmically ordained soulmates, then separate them so that they can find each other again. The knowledge that they were quite literally made for each other shatters the worldviews for both George (a self-described dreamer with an interest in mythology) and Irene (an empiricist to her core). Although the high-concept astrophysics and philosophy may initially feel daunting, and the story frequently veers from quirky into just plain weird, things pick up speed as well-rounded characters and a few surprising twists are introduced. Whatever their beliefs on fate, readers will root for George and Irene to find their way back to each other. First printing of 100,000 copies.

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   • content: Joshilyn Jackson tries hard to connect emotionally with this quirky story. Astronomers George and Irene meet at the university in Toledo, Ohio, where Irene studies black holes, George use the stars try to prove God's existence, and both dabble in role-playing games. Jackson reads the shifting narrative in smooth phrases that contrast dramatically with her choppy reading of the dialogue. High-pitched male voices along with other harsh, distorted tones contrast oddly with the childlike voices of females. Explicit and disturbing sex scenes are read in matter-of-fact tones, coming off as crude descriptions without emotion. Overall, the exaggerated emotional tones and moods of this production make for chaotic listening. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

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