The Path of Minor Planets: A Novel

In 1965 on a small island in the South Pacific a group of astronomers gather to witness the passing of a comet but when a young boy dies during a meteor shower the lives of the scientists and their loved ones change in subtle yet profound ways. Denise struggles for respect in her professional life married Eli becomes increasingly attracted to Denise and her quixotic mind and young Lydia attempts to escape the scientists long-casting shadows. Andrew Sean Greers remarkable and sweeping first novel The Path of Minor Planets is an exploration of chances taken and lost of love found and broken and of times subtle gravitational pull on the lives of everyday and extraordinary people.