Immerse yourself in a story of love and astronomy across two centuries – from the #1 bestselling author of The Essex Serpent. **Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024**‘IT’S GLORIOUS… A BEAUTIFUL, MEMORABLE NOVEL’ OBSERVERThomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits – torn between their religion and their desire to explore the world.

 

But their friendship is ruptured by the arrival of love. Over the...