The Movement of Stars

In Hannah, Amy Brill has fashioned an extraordinary character and quiet hero -- a woman who charts her own course, and who places knowledge and her own soul's independence up with the highest, brightest stars . . . The love story at the heart of this novel heart blazes with real feeling and intensity. A terrifically poised and captivating debut

Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife

Amy Brill shines in her sparkling debut novel, The Movement of Stars, inspired by the work of a 19th-century female astronomer

Vanity Fair

A spectacular debut. Brill skillfully combines a forbidden love story, the struggle for women's rights, and early scientific exploration of the heavens. I cheered for Hannah Price, our feisty heroine, as she unraveled the mystery of her own desires while burning a trail for other women to follow

Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief

Probing yet accessible, beautifully written and richly characterized

Kirkus

A bittersweet story, movingly told. Brill's uncluttered prose mirrors her heroine's clear eye and Quaker reserve as Hannah explores both the expanding universe and her burgeoning emotions -- amid increasingly binding circumstances.

Daphne Kalotay, author of Russian Winter