Meet Adina: a woman who has never felt at home on Earth
Born at the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space, Adina is a baby of unusual perception. Tiny and jaundiced, she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognises she is different, not least because of her strange knowledge of a faraway planet. Then a fax machine arrives at home. Her mission is clear: she must report on the oddities of humankind.
As Adina grows up, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and delights of human existence. But then she starts to wonder. Is there a chance there are others like her out there?
Adina sees our world differently. And her gentle, perceptive - and funny - observations offer a quietly joyful new view of life on Earth, the challenge of knowing ourselves and the miracle of finding our people in this vast universe.
| ISBN: | 9781529964394 |
| Publication date: | 27th March 2025 |
| Author: | Marie-Helene Bertino |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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Meet Adina: a woman who has never felt at home on Earth
Born at the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space, Adina is a baby of unusual perception. Tiny and jaundiced, she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognises she is different, not least because of her strange knowledge of a faraway planet. Then a fax machine arrives at home. Her mission is clear: she must report on the oddities of humankind.
As Adina grows up, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and delights of human existence. But then she starts to wonder. Is there a chance there are others like her out there?
Adina sees our world differently. And her gentle, perceptive - and funny - observations offer a quietly joyful new view of life on Earth, the challenge of knowing ourselves and the miracle of finding our people in this vast universe.
Beautyland features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Beautyland is available in Paperback, Hardback
Beautyland was written by Marie-Helene Bertino and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Beautyland has 336 pages
£8.99
