I adored everything happening here: the literary fiction space opera, the deep but not overly complex world-building, the perfect pacing, the nuanced characters, and the thoughtful exploration of trauma, found family, and the passage of time. What will stick with me most though is how this book was built around a mother-child bond that goes beyond biology, traditional understandings of what makes a parent, and even SPACE AND TIME. It just blew my mind and I’m in for whatever creative magic this author is serving up next.