The Big Bang Symphony: A Novel of Antarctica The fishbowl communities at McMurdo Station, South Pole Station, and in the remote field camps intensify relationships, jack all emotion up to a 10. At least that’s how thirty
| Title | : | The Big Bang Symphony: A Novel of Antarctica |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0299235009 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2010-05-06 |
| Genre | : |
Antarctica is a vortex that draws you back, season after season. The place is so raw and pure, all seal hide and crystalline iceberg. The fishbowl communities at McMurdo Station, South Pole Station, and in the remote field camps intensify relationships, jack all emotion up to a 10. The trick is to get what you need and then get out fast. At least that’s how thirty-year-old Rosie Moore views it as she flies in for her third season on the Ice. She plans to avoid all entanglements, romantic and otherwise, and do her work as a galley cook. But when her flight crash-lands, so do all her plans. Mikala Wilbo, a brilliant young composer whose heart—and music—have been frozen since the death of her partner, is also on that flight. She has come to the Ice as an artist-in-residence, to write music, but also to secretly check out the astrophysicist father she has never met. Arriving a few weeks later, Alice Neilson, a graduate
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly The raw emotions of three women in Bledsoe's fifth novel (after Biting the Apple) lead to often explosive interactions among scientists, artists, and other lost souls marooned in Antarctica. A crash-landing and the discovery of a long-frozen body bonds Mikala Wilbo, a composer, to Rosie Moore, a cook beginning her third season at McMurdo research station. Rosie, a woman with nomadic tendencies and no familial ties, longs for a real home and swears this season will be her last. Mikala, meanwhile, is in Antarctica on an artist's grant but also has a powerful secret motive. After the crash survivors are rescued and transported via snowmobiles to McMurdo, Mikala acknowledges her crush on Rosie, who is lusting after someone else. Then arrives Alice Neilson, a geologist who rooms with Rosie to perhaps untoward results. Bledsoe digs into themes of individuality and lonesomeness, and the idea of safety in numbers, and though the narrative's introspectiveness can a
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Art For Art's Sake was one of those books that I just couldn't wait to get back to when I had to stop reading. Exactly as described. Matt and Skylar can't get enough of each other and that feeling of urgency weaves itself throughout the story. They had never met before so how was that posible? I realize the story sounds weird but it's because i've been spot telling bits & pieces of the story. This book teaches about high performance engines by presenting case studies which are actually taken from SAE papers. Beautiful read.
One caveat -- the fine print. To Alice, who has never been away from
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