Wanderers (Howrey) - Book Reviews

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Meg Howrey’s prose in this novel is a joy; lucid and piercing, it takes aim at a character or an idea and nails it. There’s no hiding from her gaze: she gets who we are as human beings—and the mirror she shines back is both alarming and consoling. The novel revolves around three astronauts —  three of the most exceptional individuals in the world — selected for the first trip to Mars. Each carries inside of them a desperate yearning to return to the emptiness and vastness of outer space: they spend their time on earth waiting to leave it.  READ MORE …
P.J. Adler - LitLovers


Howrey subtly explores the tensions between our inner and projected selves. Thanks to her wry sense of humor, it totally works.… [A]n often funny story that grows poignant in its final chapters.
Washington Post


Straddling the fine line between outer space and the world we know, The Wanderers is a breathtakingly honest and incredibly beautiful examination of the heart and soul of humankind. The further you progress into the astronaut limbo, the more difficult it becomes to parse through what’s real and what isn’t—and the more it becomes clear that this is a book that isn’t like anything you’ve ever read before.
Newsweek


(Starred review.) Three astronauts and those who know them best explore the limits of truth and love in Howrey’s genre-bending novel.… With these believably fragile and idealistic characters at the helm, Howrey’s insightful novel will take readers to a place where they too can "lift their heads and wonder."
Publishers Weekly


Compelling and timely, these parallel tales of exploration, both through the galaxy and within, should win over a wide variety of readers. —Jennifer B. Stidham, Houston Community Coll. Northeast
Library Journal


[C]onfronts ageless questions of why humans explore, what they are looking for, and what happens when they find it. Evoking the authenticity of Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves with the literary sensitivity of Ann Patchett, Howrey has made the mission-to-Mars motif an exquisite exploration of human space, inner and outer.
Booklist


(Starred review.) Three astronauts and their families must endure the effects of a pioneering deep-space mission.… Howrey, through the poetry of her writing and the richness of her characters, makes it all seem new. A lyrical and subtle space opera.
Kirkus Reviews