Explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries including: astronomer Maria Mitchell, who paved the way for women in science; the sculptor Harriet Hosmer, who did the same in art; the journalist and literary critic Margaret Fuller, who sparked the feminist movement; the poet Emily Dickinson, and more. Covers themes spanning music, feminism, the history of science, the rise and decline of religion, and how the intersection of astronomy, poetry, and Transcendentalist philosophy fomented the environmental movement.
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