To the Moon and Back

‘Will break your heart and take you to the stars. I loved it.’ Kiley Reid ‘A breathtaking debut about family, identity, and love across generations.’ Reese Witherspoon === Steph Harper was born running. Now she is reaching for the moon. When Steph was five, her mother fled with Steph and her little sister to a small Cherokee community, searching for safety, home and a future. Years later, Steph has one impossible ambition: to become the first Cherokee astronaut. To get there, she is willing to leave almost everything behind – her past, her family, and the people who know her best. But ambition has a gravity of its own. As Steph chases the stars, the women closest to her are pulled into their own reckonings: Kayla, her brilliant younger sister; Hannah, the mother guarding a buried family history; and Della, the girlfriend who challenges Steph’s idea of escape. Spanning decades, continents and one unforgettable family, To the Moon and Back is a sweeping literary family saga about queer love, Cherokee identity, mothers and daughters, sacrifice and the price of chasing a dream when home still has a hold on you. A Reese’s Book Club Pick for readers who love emotionally powerful book club fiction. ‘A singular, sonorous, wholehearted novel, one I wanted to devour and savour at once.’ Claire Lombardo , bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had ‘A powerful story about the mixture of combativeness, compromise and love that forms the heart of a family.’ Kaliane Bradley , bestselling author of The Ministry of Time