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How to tell Toledo from the night sky: a novel
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.
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339 pages ; 24 cm.
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Carmichael
FICTION Netzer, L.
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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. Irene Sparks is 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. 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?

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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. Irene Sparks is 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. 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?
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APA Citation (style guide)

Netzer, L. (2014). How to tell Toledo from the night sky: a novel. First edition. New York, St. Martin's Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Netzer, Lydia. 2014. How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky: A Novel. New York, St. Martin's Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Netzer, Lydia, How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky: A Novel. New York, St. Martin's Press, 2014.

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Netzer, Lydia. How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky: A Novel. First edition. New York, St. Martin's Press, 2014.

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