Lydia Netzer is an American novelist. Her

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''Shine Shine Shine'' was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012 by ''

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''. The book tells the story of a pregnant woman with

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, her astronaut husband, their

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son, and her mother, who is dying from cancer. The song ''Shine'' by

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provided inspiration for the book's title. 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."Written in the Stars"
''The New York Times'', August 15, 2014.

Books

*''Shine, Shine, Shine'',

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, 2012 *''Everybody's Baby: A Novella'', St. Martin's Press, 2014 *''How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky'', St. Martin's Press, 2014

References

External links

Lydia Netzer's website
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