'Astronaut!' is a coming-of-age story set against the fall of the Iron Curtain

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Sep 2, 20268:38Arts

It’s 1989 in Romania and the country is living under a totalitarian regime. In the new novel Astronaut! , an 8-year-old girl craves bright colors among otherwise gray surroundings as she comes of age during the fall of t...

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