The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir

This is two books in one. First it is a human story about life and all its difficulties and also it’s love and joys. Secondly, it is a book about science, in particular astrophysics. My wife, sensing my Joy in reading this asks “do I need to know math and science like you to enjoy it? My friend who has a science background and has taken four online courses in cosmology asks “is there too much sadness reading about Sara’s loss of her husband”. No! and No! I consider myself fortunate to have read this. Thank you Sara for sharing yourself

The stars have aligned in this book. In more ways than you might expect. This is the story of a woman who has reached for the stars since she was a young girl. The actual stars. She put that interest to use when she became an astrophysicist. At the top of her field. Then tragedy struck. And she had to reconfigure her purpose on planet earth. This is Sara Seagers memoir THE SMALLEST LIGHTS IN THE UNIVERSE.

Seagers childhood was not easy but for one shining light the love and encouragement from her father. She pursues an education perhaps beyond even her wildest dreams. And meets a man with whom she feels so at ease and in synch with, its only natural that they will join. Sadly, this man, her husband, succumbs to a fatal diagnosis of cancer.

Now, at a loss, and having immersed herself in her career, while her husband took primary care of their two young boys, their home, she is unsure of how to go on. How to juggle it all. She pulls herself through her grief with the support of a chance meeting with a widow who invites her to join her fellow widows club. These women become Seagers own personal celestial navigation. They grounded her. They cheered her on. They taught her that just as she is seeking life on other planets, she could reclaim hers here.

THE SMALLEST LIGHTS IN THE UNIVERSE is written with the wonder of a child, an extremely educated and brilliant one, and with the joy a curious mind brings, always seeking what more there is to discover. It is about learning to love. It allows us to stop and think beyond the small place we occupy in this world and simply imagine.

In todays world scientists seem to be under attack and their science demeaned all too often. Sara Seagers memoir puts a human face on a heroic woman who rises above an incredible wound and puts her wonderful life back together keeping her family whole and adding to it when her wounds are ready for the salve of a new love.

The author wrote brilliantly on capturing our human connection to the night sky wonders while integrating her emotional turmoil during a very difficult time in her personal life – anyone could connect with her dilemma – yet the author is also a night sky enthusiast and we are along for the ride as she shares her expertise.

The author is a very brilliant woman who describes her upbringing with great candor, and gives a fascinating account of her interest in the stars and the world of outer space. She describes her anguish at the death of her husband and how she copes with her distinguished career and two small boys. There is no self pity but an honest account of how she is able to carry on with her life.

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