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Author Brown, Carrie, 1959-
Title The stargazer's sister / Carrie Brown
Publ&date New York : Pantheon Books, [2015]
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book jacket
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 ADULT  FICTION Brown    AVAILABLE

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Edition First edition
ISBN 9780804197939 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0804197938 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Descript x, 332 pages ; 22 cm
Summary "A nineteenth-century story of female empowerment before its time, based on the life of Caroline Herschel, sister of the great composer and astronomer William Herschel and an astronomer in her own right"--Dust jacket flap
Subject Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 -- Fiction
Women astronomers -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Herschel, William, 1738-1822 -- Fiction
Astronomers -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
Biographical fiction
Historical fiction