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Compelling and fiercely honest, Base Ten exposes the daily battles of women scientists fighting to preserve a family life and succeed in a discipline that functions on the archaic belief that every scientist has a wife” at home.
Reared to believe that she could do anything, astrophysicist Jillian Greer dreamed of going into space. When she and her research partner Kera Sullivan invented a specialized telescope, it looked as though these two dogged scientists would fulfill the dream they shared.
But ten years later, as Kera trains in a space simulator, Jillian is married and a mother, packing lunches and helping her kids with homework. As her fortieth birthday (the unofficial age limit of the space program) draws near, Jillian decides that things have to change. Leaving her family for ten days, one day for each year she has put her career on hold, she seeks solitude in the sand dunes of Lake Michigan, where she struggles to see if she can find her way back to the stars.
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Maryann Lesert lives and works in West Michigan, where she is an assistant professor of English at Grand Rapids Community College. She received a dual BA in Art and English from Western Michigan University, and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, KY.
Lesert is a prolific playwright whose works include Superwoman, The Music in the Mess, and Natural Causes, a finalist for the 2001 Princess Grace Foundation's National Playwright's Fellowship. Recently, she has published short plays in The Art of the One Act and The Best Ten Minute Plays 2007.
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"Maryann Lesert portrays engaging characters, along with breathtaking recreations of the natural world, and a fascinating introduction to the world of astronomy.” Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife
"Lesert's writing is remarkable... a wonderful first novel... Never have I dog-eared a novel as I have this one... [Recommended] to all who are finding their way through the maze of motherhood, marriage, love and dreams." The Grand Rapids Press
"Maryann Lesert portrays engaging characters, along with breathtaking recreations of the natural world, and a fascinating introduction to the world of astronomy.” ―Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife
"Lesert's writing is remarkable... a wonderful first novel... Never have I dog-eared a novel as I have this one... [Recommended] to all who are finding their way through the maze of motherhood, marriage, love and dreams." ―The Grand Rapids Press
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- PublisherThe Feminist Press at CUNY
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1558615814
- ISBN 13 9781558615816
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