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Title details for Digging Stars by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma - Available

Digging Stars

by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
Nene Nwoko
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With admission to The Program, an elite interdisciplinary graduate cohort at the forefront of astronomy and technology, Rosa's dreams are finally within reach. Her research into the cosmos follows in the footsteps of her astronomer father's revolutionary work in Bantu geometries and Indigenous astronomies. A bona fide genius, he transformed the scientific landscape by fusing the best of Western and Indigenous scientific thought. Yet since his death during her childhood, Rosa has been plagued by anxiety attacks she dubs "The Terrors"-and by unresolved questions about her father's life. Who is his mysterious friend Mr. C? Who was her father, really? Ambitious, hungry for success, and determined to soar, Rosa joins the ranks of America's smartest. Her cohort of talented Fellows includes Shaniqua, her roommate, who is analyzing melanin molecules and their capacity to conduct electricity; Richard, an expert in quantum mechanics; Mausi, studying Indigenous American scientific thought; and Peralte, Rosa's estranged stepbrother whose obsessive videogaming has inspired him to become a programmer. Her classmates challenge Rosa's understanding of identity, personhood, the ethics of technology, and, most painfully, her adulation of her father, whose legacy is more complicated than it appears.

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  • Release date

    November 21, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781696613125
      • File size: 288831 KB
      • Duration: 10:01:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from June 1, 2024

      Athandwa adores her brilliant father, Frank, an astronomer who does revolutionary work, blending Western and Indigenous science. Frank left Zimbabwe and his daughter for a career in New York City, but when political conditions in Zimbabwe deteriorate, he returns to escort the 11-year-old Athandwa to New York. On the way, he is killed in a car crash that, as it turns out, might not have been an accident. After Frank's death, Athandwa falls victim to periodic psychosomatic seizures she calls "the Terrors." She works hard to follow in her father's footsteps, hoping to continue his work with Thomas Long, a space tourism entrepreneur, and is accepted to a prestigious interdisciplinary program sponsored by Long's company. The program opens her eyes to an unsettling side of space colonization, causing her to rethink her goals and see her father in a new light. Tsuma (A Lesson in Englishness) raises political, social, ethnic, and economic issues while telling this story from Athandwa's point of view. Narrator Nene Nwoko expertly delivers many different voices and accents, from Zimbabwean to Haitian to Southern American. VERDICT Recommended for listeners interested in the intersection of science, family relationships, and grief.--Joanna M. Burkhardt

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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