02683cam a2200445 i 4500 287935206 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 130404s2013||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2013013647 9781410460264 1410460266 TxAuBib rda Brill, Amy. The movement of stars [large print] / Amy Brill. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2013. 605 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print basic series. Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-597). It is 1845, and Hannah Gardner Price has lived all twenty-four years of her life according to the principles of the Nantucket Quaker community in which she was raised, where simplicity and restraint are valued above all, and a woman's path is expected to lead to marriage and motherhood. But up on the rooftop each night, Hannah pursues a very different -- and elusive -- goal: discovering a comet and thereby winning a gold medal awarded by the King of Denmark, something unheard of for a woman. And then she meets Isaac Martin, a young, dark-skinned whaler from the Azores who, like herself, has ambitions beyond his expected station in life. Drawn to his intellectual curiosity and honest manner, Hannah agrees to take Isaac on as a student. but when their shared interest in the stars develops into something deeper, Hannah's standing in the community begins to unravel, challenging her most fundamental beliefs about work and love, and ultimately changing the course of her life forever. Inspired by the work of Maria Mitchell, the first professional female astronomer in America, The Movement of Stars is a richly drawn portrait of desire and ambition in the face of adversity. 20170101. Mitchell, Maria 1818-1889 Fiction. 1800-1899. Large type books. Women astronomers 19th century Fiction. Quakers Fiction. Interracial dating Fiction. Women Identity Fiction. Fiction. Nantucket Island (Mass) History 19th century Fiction. Nantucket Island (Mass) 19th century Fiction. Massachusetts Nantucket Island. History. Love stories. Thorndike Press large print basic series.