Defying Gravity by Jane Anderson B A

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Defying Gravity by Jane Anderson B A

This free structured look at the 1986 Challenger disaster places the teacher who died with six others as they hurtled into space at the center of an exploration of our need to reach beyond ourselves and dare the universe. Defying Gravity artfully interweaves the past with the present and the lives of participants and bystanders drawing parallels among painter Claude Monet's artistic quest the zest of the teacher selected to the first civilian astronaut the perspectives of her grieving

Jane Anderson is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia and a social anthropologist. She has studied clergy, chastity, and sexuality, as well as ecclesial conflict.

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ISBN 13 9780573702198
ISBN 10 0573702195
Title Defying Gravity
Author Jane Anderson B A
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Samuel French Ltd
Year published 2013-09-01
Number of pages 72
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