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Skilfully painted with a deft hand this highly emotional read has a lovely touch of humour, interspersed with some terribly dark and emotive topics. Early humans mistook these dark plains to be real seas, which is where the name comes from. However, we know today that these dark gray zones are formed from iron-rich basalts produced in volcanic eruptions. The character of Catherine. Yes, she’s spiky, a bit scruffy, rude to her mother and step-sister, clumsy, moody, thoughtless at times. But who hasn’t put their foot in it by saying the wrong thing or making a joke at an inopportune moment or laughed without thinking or meaning to when you should have expressed sorrow or horror? And Catherine has a wonderfully witty sense of humour, resilience and fantastic empathy with the callers to the crisis line. Most of all, she’s unbelievably brave. a b c d Sigurdsson, Haraldur; Houghton, Bruce; McNutt, Steve; Rymer, Hazel; Stix, John (2015). "Volcanism on the Moon". The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. Elsevier. p.695. ISBN 978-0-12-385938-9.

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But, I do have to say Louise's writing is absolutely beautiful! I was bummed that I didn't enjoy this one more.Huber, S. A.; etal. (2014), "Astrobotic Technology: Planetary Pits and Caves for Science and Exploration", Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, abstract 3065 (PDF) , retrieved 24 January 2016. Since many mare basalts fill low-lying impact basins, it was once assumed that the impact event itself somehow caused the volcanic eruption. Note: current data in fact may not preclude this, although the timing and length of mare volcanism in a number of basins cast some doubt on it. Initial mare volcanism generally seems to have begun within 100 million years of basin formation. [8] Although these authors felt that 100 million years was sufficiently long that a correlation between impact and volcanism seemed unlikely, there are problems with this argument. [ citation needed] The authors also point out that the oldest and deepest basalts in each basin are likely buried and inaccessible, leading to a sampling bias.

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I did not like the ending. That last twist (the only twist really) was completely unnecessary. I'm not a writer nor do I claim to be but I think the resolution here could of been done better. Not every book needs to have a twist ending. Eric Hand (12 October 2014). "Recent volcanic eruptions on the moon". Science. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. a b Chauhan, Mamta; Saran, Sriram; Bhattacharya, Satadru; Chauhan, Prakash (2015). "Silicic Caldera: A Phenomenon of rare explosive volcanism on the Moon". Planetary Sciences and Exploration Programme (PLANEX) Newsletter. Vol.5, no.3. Physical Research Laboratory. p.12. ISSN 2320-7108. John, Tara (2017). "NASA: The Moon Once Had an Atmosphere That Faded Away". Time . Retrieved 2020-12-19.US astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission, which landed in a lunar mare. Greeley, Ronald (December 1971), "Lava Tubes and Channels in the Lunar Marius Hills", The Moon, 3 (3): 289–314, Bibcode: 1971Moon....3..289G, doi: 10.1007/BF00561842, hdl: 2060/19710008532, S2CID 122121114 I know all of this sounds negative but I honestly think Louise Beech writes beautifully. This is simply a case of a book not being a good fit for me. 2.5 stars! Going to work at the Flood Crisis Centre, taking calls and getting to know others who volunteer to do this kind of work through this novel was fascinating and felt real, it reminded me of Eleanor Oliphant and this quote from Olivia Laing's book, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone:

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What a complicated but throughly intriguing character Catherine turned out to be, Louise Beech has an incredible talent that enables her to create such complex and flawed characters, she manages to get into the heads of ordinary people and makes them extraordinary, making the reader care about the characters she’s created. When the reader first meets Catherine she seems surly, antagonistic and defensive, she also appears to be in self destruct mode, but it’s not long before you become enchanted by this unbelievable character, she’s sensitive, passionate and caring and her story will break your heart. G. Jeffrey Taylor (December 5, 2000). "Recipe for High-Titanium Lunar Magmas". Planetary Science Research Discoveries.O'Neill, Ian (October 27, 2009), "Living in Lunar Lava Tubes", Discover News, archived from the original on 23 October 2012 , retrieved 1 January 2012 The article either refutes or doesn't take into account the recent claims of the presence of water on the moon in a

Maria in the Moon by Louise Beech: a stirring novel

Maria is a fantastic main character. I felt a lot of sympathy for her and the situations that she finds herself in. She’s a very real character in that she’s not perfect and she does make mistakes but this helps increase the readers empathy for her as we have all found ourselves in similar situations! I loved her sense of humour, particularly her hilarious observations of other people which had me laughing out loud at times. It was very poignant to read about her broken relationship with her mother, which is very fraught and some of the awful things her mother says about her. It was hard to read about her trying to not let these things upset her and pretend not to care. The state of this relationship is made worse by the loss of a much-loved father and you really feel for her when she makes comparisons between how things are now compared with the past.Maria in the Moon had everything I have come to expect from this author – beautiful, stunningly impacting prose, a dark and engaging story, characters of substance and that emotional edge that only ever comes along every so often within all the books that I read. mare". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2022-06-29 . Retrieved 2022-09-02.

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