Book description
'The new One Day' Stylist Magazine
'A high-stakes, high-concept love story from a bold new talent.' Matt Haig
Carys and Max have ninety minutes of air left. None of this was supposed to happen.
Adrift in space with nothing to hold on to but each other, Carys and Max can't…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Hold Back the Stars as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I simply devour crime mysteries and spy thrillers all the time, and could easily have chosen my three best of the year. But I become even more deeply invested in a bittersweet love story. Who isn’t.
Katie Khan’s debut novel is just that – unique and serenely beautiful, gripping and deeply emotional. This is about true love, selfless love, spinning together out of control and so completely alone in the deep void of space – with just 90 minutes of air remaining.
It is set not too far in the future and is hugely plausible. Tragedy is always present, love…
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