An Astonishment of Stars
An Astonishment of Stars
Debbie Rodgers
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Rita O'Sullivan
, Taya Young
, Barry Kazimer
, Janet Miller
, cassandra schiemann
, Jude Castillo
, Marilyn Stanley
, Dot Mann
, Alanna Virtue
, Mary Montague
, Agnes Marshall
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Mary Therrien
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Brad MULLER
, Elle Kishia
, Yutong Wu
, Trish Bowering
, Anita Janik-Jones
, Brittney Warren
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Kayley Ashman
, Ching Ching Wu
, Katie Macalister
, Louise Walsh
, Natasha Andres
, Kate Rutter
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Patricia Johnson
, Andrea Pole
, Holly Elisabeth
, Neha Faisal
, Sarah Schwartz
, liv Girardin
, Joshua Lewis
, Nicole Maxwell
, Cassandra AOUIZERATE
, Carol Saponja
, Dorothy Wong
, Dorothy Wong
, Sara Hawkins
, Noelle Walsh
, Emily Steiner
, Allison Dube
, Sharon Forzley
, Natasa Ilic
, Laurie Burns
, Ashlee Blais
, Denica StP
, Elle Andra-Warner
, Katherine Koller
, Kartik Gupta
, Shannan Sword
, Lara Smith
, Shawna Moodie
, Sherry Heschuk
, Nicki D'Angelo
, Kate Hudson
, Roland Schigas
, Anneka Chambers
, Kym Marsh
, Diane McPherson
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Nicholas Graham
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Carrie Marcotte
, Sara Conway
, jane luce
, Mary Woods
, Vanessa Seto
, Janette Galan
, Meghan Barton
, Stephanie Trotter
, Diana Richardson
, Tiffany C
, Kelin Flanagan
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Brian Yee
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Michelle Wong
, C. Ray
, Tracy Campbell
, Sara Erskine
, Shannon Lee
, Benita Hartwell
, Kim Patrick
, Mary-Dale Taylor
, Damen Rae
, Ellen Clarke
, Lisa Goebel
, Rodney Cross
, Kathy Durand
, Betty McEachern
, jen Black
, Janet Meisner
, diana kirkwood
, Lisa Mallia
, Kim Wiggins
, Kristen Templin
, Hana Iudin
, Ken Gilmour
, Linda Leitch
, susan pratten
, Claire Gear
, Cherryl Koylass
, Charles Leblanc
, Kristen Nikola
, Rosa Cross
, Joseph Chirayil
, Paris Semansky
, Melanie Solar
, Elaine Baptie
, Kristen Bach
, Hoda Montazeri
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Christopher Evans
, Madelyn Brittain
, Morgan Stewart
, Sandra Lackie
, Faaria Samnani
, Russell Reitsema
, Christa Ferrier
, Joe Mitchell
, Sarah Butler
, Anne Baldo
, Brenda Vaccarello
, MJ Malleck
, Elmira Olson
, Chantelle Webb
, Kim Carswell
, Augustine Mudzudza
, CAROLINA FAMILIA
, Charly Wreggitt
, Catherine Westerberg
, Melissa Poremba
, Tanya Blake
, Chris Carvalho
, Sonia Navvuru
, Danielle Pigeau
, Kim Cappellina
, Bianca Jeannotte
, Paula Ritchie
, LISA NELSON
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, colleen coco collins
, Lynn Andrews
, Susan Jang
, Catherine Booker
, Joe Titone
, Andrea Gillespie
, Laura Patterson
, Lori Watson
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Rachel Edmonds
, Randi Ann Doll
, Michelle Canfield
, Christine Taylor
, Debbie Youngman
, Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird
, Caley Clements
, Lori Campbell
, Sonia Adams
, Emily Johansen
, Lindsey Andronak
, Melissa Davis
, Jennifer Chambers
, Lori Bardell
, Tanis Anne
, Jacqueline Chenier
, Janice Cournoyer
, Michelle Arsenault
, P. Thompson
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A beautifully written short story collection that charts the lives of racialized women as they navigate their relationships, aspirations, and the burdens of memory and expectations
“Sharply observed and gracefully told, this is a collection shining with all the unexpected delights and defeats that make up a life.” — Anuja Varghese, author of Chrysalis
The wife who uses the name of her white husband in public. The mother who cleans the small-town hospital while her daughter moves to the city to forget their shared past. The well-behaved teen girl who anxiously watches her older sister slip further and further away from their hovering parents. Each of these characters is both familiar and singular, reminding us of women we have been, of our mothers and daughters, neighbors and adversaries.
Kirti Bhadresa is a keen observer of humanity, especially of the BIPOC women whose domestic and professional work is the backbone of late-stage capitalism but whose lives receive so little attention in mainstream culture. An Astonishment of Stars is a collection that sees those who are unseen and cuts to the heart of contemporary womanhood, community collisions, and relationships both chosen and forced upon us.
