'Passionate and absorbing'
SUNDAY TIMES

'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study'
CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

'Superb: as much a feat of imagination as it is a work of globe-trotting scholarship'
TELEGRAPH

'Boyle's writing shines, shifting through time and space, science and sentiment; a luminous read'
REBECCA WRAGG SYKES, author of Kindred

'You will never look at the Moon the same way again . . . fascinating'
NEW STATESMAN

'A riveting feat of science writing'
ED YONG, author of An Immense World

'Engrossing'
INDEPENDENT
Every living being throughout history, across time and geography, has gazed up at the same moon.

From the first prehistoric life that crawled onto land guided by the power of the tides, to the division of time into months and seasons for the first humans, the moon has driven the expansion and development of our world.

It has inspired scientific discovery and culture from the ancient astronomers to the scientific revolution of Copernicus and Galileo, from the 1969 Apollo landings to writers and artists, and stirred an inexhaustible desire to know where we come from and how we got here.

And as astronauts around the world prepare to return to the Moon - opening up new frontiers of discovery, profit and politics - Our Moon tells the dazzling story of how the Moon has shaped life as we know it, fuelled dramatic change across the globe and could be the key to humanity's future.

"Delightful . . . The moon, as this passionate and absorbing book shows, is both fascinatingly strange and very much part of us" - Sunday Times

"Our Moon is superb: as much a feat of imagination as it is a work of globe-trotting scholarship" - Telegraph

"Boyle makes good on her promise: after reading this book, you will never look at the moon the same way again . . . fascinating" - New Statesman

"Boyle's long-standing fascination with the moon makes for an exciting read, but it also means that Our Moon is a great resource to dip back into after reading in its entirety . . . at its heart, it is a love letter to the moon" - New Scientist

"Graceful . . . timely . . . The Moon is the only piece of a vast universe that most of us will ever get to experience: All you have to do is look up. Or, of course, look down into Boyle's new book, which makes the moon feel closer than ever" - New York Times

"Our Moon skilfully combines science, anecdote and philosophy . . . This engrossing book tells us so much about the Moon and space exploration, but it also encourages readers to ponder on our planet and our insignificant place in the universe" - Independent

"An aeon-spanning opus . . . fascinating and revelatory" - Sunday Independent

"An excellent exploration of how the moon has shaped life on Earth . . . Boyle's dexterous blend of science and cultural history is elevated by her spry prose. This illuminates" - Publishers Weekly