A New Map of the Universe (New Writing)

It is a tree house, she begins, a house with roots that go deeper than the trees themselves can reach. It is a house that breathes, that draws life from the soil in which it is planted, that turns its leaves to catch the rain...Or it is a boathouse, a house that floats, that rises and falls with the tide. It is sometimes anchored, sometimes unmoored: a house that drifts with the current, raises its sails to catch the wind, rides the heaving waves to shore. Grace dreams of designing a house for her lover, Michael, a place where they can begin their life together. But before she can step into her future with Michael, Grace must journey into the past to confront its crippling legacy of silence and secrets. This lyrical, engaging novel spans two generations and both hemispheres as Grace navigates her new map of the universe. It is a story about grief and passion, architecture and astronomy, but above all it is a story about finding yourself.