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Set in the year 2000 in New York, the novel opens with Kate and Ben meeting at a party and falling instantly in love amid a world free of war, a United Nations flag on Mars, and a Green Party senator on the cusp of becoming the first female president of the United States. The narrative then transports Kate to London, 1593, where she awakens as Emilia, the mistress of a nobleman, confronting the plague and a series of premonitions that compel her to act to save the future. "The Heavens" blends romance, psychological insight, and speculative elements, depicting how each decision across time and space reshapes both lovers’ lives and the world they inhabit.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Literary Fiction/Experimental Fiction
Authors: Sandra Newman
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