Celestial Lights: A Novel Binding:Hardcover and his retum to the

and his retum to the American South to confront a violent America face-to-face

and a refusal of politics as usual

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts

and release glowing lanterns that light up the sky

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Celestial Lights: A Novel Binding:Hardcover and his retum to theOne of Vogues Best Books of 2026 A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love, and space from the award winning author of Wandering Souls January 28, 1986: Soon after launch, the Challenger shuttle falls out of the sky and into the sea. At the same time, Oliver Ines is born. Celestial Lights is his story. Ollie spends his childhood in an English village where his bedroom is covered in glow in the dark wallpaper bearing the planets and stars.