{"product_id":"to-the-moon-and-back-reeses-book-club","title":"To the Moon and Back (Reese's Book Club)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A powerful, resonant debut.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Eliana Ramage's astral sweep of a tale follows Steph and those in her circle as they navigate ambitions, identities, fears, commitments, and values. It's a big, bumpy read - and worth it.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If ambition is rocket fuel, Steph [Harper] has a full tank.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Ramage stuffs the book to the brim with big ideas and digressions, from indigenous history to family identity, but it is the eminently human voice of Steph that keeps this maiden voyage feeling grounded and real.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eNPR\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A queer coming-of-age story, a Native family drama, Ramage's tragicomic debut shoots for the stars.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A story of decisions; right, wrong and everything in between, with characters so perfectly rendered that you'll want to hug them or give them a shake. An immersive and exciting debut.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eAmanda Peters, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Berry Pickers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A novel that has the generosity to be many things--bittersweet, thrillingly perceptive, enormously funny. To the Moon and Back is a wonderful reckoning with the true price of an at-any-cost ambition and a powerful story about the mixture of combativeness, compromise and love that forms the heart of a family.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eKaliane Bradley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eTo the Moon and Back\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular, sonorous, wholehearted novel that you'll want to devour and savor at once. Eliana Ramage is a dynamite writer--every sentence positively shimmers.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Claire Lombardo, \u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Most Fun We Ever Had\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An epic, enthralling and deeply humane novel of family bonds, belonging and the relentless pursuit of one's dream, that will make you laugh and cry along the way. Eliana Ramage is a formidable talent, and writes with so much heart and hope: I loved it.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Cecile Pin, author of \u003ci\u003eWandering Souls\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Women's Prize)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eTo the Moon and Back\u003c\/i\u003e simply soars. Eliana Ramage has given us a brilliant, faceted, warm-hearted novel, with characters to love and truly root for, and pages that seem to turn themselves.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Thankam Matthews, author of \u003ci\u003eAll This Could Be Different\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"To the Moon and Back\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate and compulsively readable novel. Dare I say, a stellar debut.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Margot Livesey, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Road to Belhaven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Eliana Ramage's \n\u003ci\u003eTo the Moon and Back\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating debut about family, queer identity, love, career and heritage. This novel has something for everyone.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eDe'Shawn Charles Winslow, author of \u003ci\u003eIn West Mills\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDecent People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A John Irving-esque tragicomic saga... This author is as ambitious as her protagonist: There are three novels worth of material here, all good. The moon or bust!\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wondrous and deeply moving, Ramage's first outing explores ambition, sexuality, and familial bonds with sensitivity and piercing insight. Not to be missed.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Exceptional. . . .Ramage nimbly handles this sprawling story, capturing the hearts of these characters in chapters narrated by alternating voices. . . . Readers will enjoy losing themselves in the ongoing drama of \n\u003ci\u003eTo the Moon and Back\u003c\/i\u003e, full of complex characters, beautiful prose and arresting scenes.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Ramage's epic debut is absorbing and thought-provoking.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Arlington Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[ \n\u003ci\u003eTo the Moon and Back\u003c\/i\u003e is] a thought-provoking read about ambition, identity, family, and Indigeneity.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Book Riot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEliana Ramage holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She has received residencies and fellowships from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Lambda Literary, Tin House, and Vermont Studio Center. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she lives in Nashville with her family. \n\u003ci\u003eTo the Moon and Back \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA breathtaking debut about family, identity, and love across generations.\" --Reese Witherspoon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Eliana Ramage will break your heart and take you to the stars. From painfully accurate depictions of adolescence to effortless jumps through time and space--I loved it all.\" --Kiley Reid\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn this dazzlingly powerful story of family, ambition and belonging, one young woman's obsessive quest to become the first Cherokee astronaut irrevocably alters the fates of the people she loves most.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteph Harper is convinced that only space--outer space--can save her. From a childhood of fearful running and alienation; from a family and community that threaten to suffocate her with their reverence for the past. Equal parts tender, funny, and heartbreaking, \n\u003ci\u003eTo the Moon and Back\u003c\/i\u003e charts the course of Steph's singular dream: to become the first Cherokee astronaut, no matter who or what she has to leave behind. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut despite her self-prescribed loneliness and reckless ambition, Steph's story isn't hers alone. \n\u003ci\u003eTo the Moon and Back\u003c\/i\u003e also brings to life the vibrant, complex women--a celebrity activist younger sister, an ex-Mormon college girlfriend, and a devoted mother with a crushing secret--who insist on loving her...even when she least deserves them. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a simulated Mars habitat on a Hawaiian volcano, to a house in the Ozark foothills in Cherokee Nation, to a pressurized research station on the floor of the Atlantic and beyond, Steph will stretch her bonds with each of these women to the point of breaking, driving them to reconsider their own deepest desires in her shadow. An awe-inspiringly epic novel of mothers and daughters, sisters and sacrifice, love and loss, terror and wonder, \n\u003ci\u003eTo the Moon and Back\u003c\/i\u003e is the unforgettable story of one astronaut's most surprising discovery: how deeply she loves life on earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/25\/2025 (EAN 9781668065853, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2025 (EAN 9781668065853, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/21\/2025 (EAN 9781668065853, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2025 (EAN 9781668065853, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eRamage, Eliana\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEliana Ramage holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. 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