Shoot the Moon

By Isa Arsén

Book Overview

How far would you travel for love?

Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk feels an undeniable pull toward space. Her childhood memories dimmed by loss, she has left behind her home, her family, and her first love in pursuit of intellectual fulfillment. When she finally lands a job as a NASA secretary during the Apollo 11 mission, the work is everything she dreamed, and while she feels a budding attraction to one of the engineers, she can't get distracted. Not now.

When her inability to ignore mistaken calculations propels her into a new position, Annie finds herself torn between her ambition, her heart, and a mysterious discovery that upends everything she knows to be scientifically true. Can she overcome her doubts and reach beyond the limits of time and space?

Affecting, immersive, and kaleidoscopic, Shoot the Moon tells the story of one singular life at multiple points in time, one woman's quest to honor both her head and her heart amid the human toll of scientific progress.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593543882
• ISBN13: 9780593543887
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Time just be like that sometimes

How do I explain the complexity of my feelings for this book? Experiencing all of Annie Fisk’s pivotal moments as she grows up and shooting for the moon with rest of the world is incredible. I could fall in love all over again with this story. I highlighted so many moments reading and I’m expecting myself to highlight different parts when I read it again later.