To the Moon and Back
$48.52
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
19 April 2026
Summary
An expansive, big-hearted novel about a young woman whose quest to become the first Cherokee astronaut irrevocably alters the fates of the people she loves most.
“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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529939576 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529939577 |
| Author: | Eliana Ramage |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Doubleday |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 19 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 672g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 164mm x 41mm |
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Critics Review
A singular, sonorous, wholehearted novel… Eliana Ramage is a dynamite writer. * Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had and Same As It Ever Was *
Ramage will break your heart and take you to the stars. * Kiley Reid, author of Such A Fun Age *
Bittersweet, thrillingly perceptive, multi-threaded, enormously funny… a powerful story about the mixture of combativeness, compromise and love that forms the heart of a family. * Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time *
Eliana Ramage is a formidable talent, and writes with so much heart and hope: I loved it. * Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls *
With characters so perfectly rendered that you’ll want to hug them or give them a shake, Eliana Ramage explores what it means to belong in this immersive and exciting debut. * Amanda Peters, author of The Berry Pickers *
Passionate and compulsively readable… a stellar debut. * Margot Livesey, author of The Road to Belhaven *
A soaring masterpiece… Every character in this novel will stay with you forever. * Casey Plett, author of A Dream of a Woman *
A captivating debut about family, queer identity, love, career and heritage. This novel has something for everyone. * De’Shawn Charles Winslow, author of In West Mills *
A brilliant, faceted, warm-hearted novel, with characters to love and truly root for, and pages that seem to turn themselves. * Sarah Thankam Mathews, author of the National Book Award Finalist All This Could Be Different *
This author is as ambitious as her protagonist: there are three novels worth of material here, all good. The moon or bust! * Kirkus Reviews *
About The Author
Eliana Ramage
Eliana Ramage holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has received residencies and fellowships from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Lambda Literary, Tin House, and Vermont Studio Center. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she lives in Nashville with her family. To the Moon and Back is her first novel.
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