Light from uncommon stars / Ryka Aoki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aoki, Ryka, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violinists--Fiction.

Violinists.

Transgender people.

Trans people--Fiction.

Trans people.

Blessing and cursing--Fiction.

Blessing and cursing.

California--Fiction.

California.

Genre:

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Transgender fiction.

Novels.

Fiction (LGBTQ)

Queer fiction.

Physical Description:

372 pages ; 22 cm

regular print

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Tor, 2021.

Summary:

"Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts. Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate. But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline. As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found"-- Provided by publisher

Notes:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Stonewall Book Award - Literature, Honor, 2022

Other Format:

Online version: Aoki, Ryka. Light from uncommon stars.

ISBN:

9781250789068

1250789060

OCLC:

1226170269