The Stargazer's Sister: A Novel [Paperback]

Caroline, known as “Lina” to her family, has always lived in the shadow of her older brother William Herschel’s accomplishments. And yet when William invites Lina to join him in England to assist in his musical and astronomical pursuits—not to mention to run his bachelor household—she accepts, finding a new sense of purpose. William may be an obsessive genius, but Lina adores him, and aids him with the same fervency as a beloved wife.
 
When William decides to marry, however, Lina’s world collapses. As she attempts to rebuild a future, we witness the dawning of an early feminist consciousness—a woman struggling to find her own place among the stars.

“A gorgeous period novel that champions female empowerment…. Reveals a passionate woman’s place in history.” —Paste
 
“Brown’s writing is as luminous as the skies her characters contemplate.” —Caroline Leavitt,Boston Globe
 
“Intriguing.... A love story … but unusual in being about a brother and sister, and what they accomplished together.” —Andrea Barrett,The Washington Post

“A lovely addition to Carrie Brown’s works of historical fiction. Brown brings the true story of the Herschel siblings to life in exquisite detail and deftly explores what it meant for Caroline to be an intelligent woman far ahead of her time.” —BookPage

 “Quoting the Royal Astronomical Society’s motto, Lina tells a youngster, ‘Let whatever shines be noted.’ With her novel, Brown does just that.” —MinneapolisStar Tribune
 
“A haunting evocation—actual and imagined—of the life of Caroline ‘Lina’ Herschel, the younger sister of the eighteenth-century astronomer William Herschel. The tale is deeply satisfying, a testamentlÃ&