Thanks to NetGalley, Bloomsbury Publishing, and Erika Swyler for the opportunity to read and review her latest novel.
In 1986, Nedda is growing up in a small Florida town next to Kennedy Space Center and dreams of being an astronaut. Her father, Theo, is a scientist and Nedda loves nothing more than working side by side with him in his lab. Her mother, Betheen, uses her chemistry skills in a different way - by baking unique cakes. Nedda and Betheen have a complicated relationship and Nedda never feels comfortable with her mom. She has a great best friend, Denny, who sticks up for her when the other kids make fun of her and seeks Nedda's family's comfort when his own home life is difficult. Theo is obsessed with his experiment into time travel - he wants to go back to a time when he was healthy, his family was intact, and wants Nedda to stay young so that she can experience everything before she grows up. This experiment will have life-changing implications on their family, their town and the world.
Contrasted with Nedda's story are more time jumps - Nedda is now on a spacecraft and set to be one of 4 people to start colonizing a new world; however, there are issues on the ship that may prevent that.
This is an intriguing and somewhat difficult read to navigate the science and different time periods. But it's also a great character study of family, depression, moving forward.
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