Lydia Netzer

Her debut novel Shine Shine Shine was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012 by The New York Times.[1] The book tells the story of a pregnant woman with alopecia, her astronaut husband, their autistic son, and her mother, who is dying from cancer.[2] The song Shine by Carbon Leaf provided inspiration for the book's title.[3]

Lydia Netzer is an American novelist.

Netzer's second novel, How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky, is about a pair of astrophysicists destined (through their mothers' planning) to fall in love.[4]

Books
  • Shine, Shine, Shine, St. Martin's Press, 2012
  • Everybody's Baby: A Novella, St. Martin's Press, 2014
  • How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky, St. Martin's Press, 2014
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References
  1. 100 Notable Books of 2012, The New York Times, November 27, 2012.
  2. "Moonstruck", Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times, August 3, 2012.
  3. "New author we love: Lydia Netzer". SheKnows Media. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. "Written in the Stars", The New York Times, August 15, 2014.


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