{"product_id":"aphelion-daniel-stern-9798994038406","title":"Aphelion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry. Astrophotography. A journey through grief, distance, and the light that endures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAphelion\u003c\/b\u003e is a luminous fusion of poetry and deep-sky astrophotography-an exploration of what it means to lose, to endure, and to keep moving through the farthest distances of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetired engineer and astronomer \u003cb\u003eDaniel Stern\u003c\/b\u003e turns his telescopes outward and his language inward, pairing breathtaking images of nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters with poems that confront the quiet aftermath of grief, the weight of memory, and the surprising resilience found in wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the opening meditation on loss to the closing ember of renewal, \u003ci\u003eAphelion\u003c\/i\u003e traces the long orbit between presence and absence, fatherhood and sonship, silence and expression. Each poem stands beside an astrophotograph not as illustration, but as conversation-light answering shadow, and shadow revealing what light cannot touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThemes of love, generational inheritance, creation, hunger, faith, and forgiveness orbit through four sections-\u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Creation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet Orbit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHunger's Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLanterns of Infinity\u003c\/i\u003e-culminating in a moving coda on what we pass forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003cb\u003eMary Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eOcean Vuong\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTracy K. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, and anyone who looks upward for meaning, \u003ci\u003eAphelion\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rare blend of scientific awe and emotional clarity: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ea book about the distances that shape us-and the light we continue to carry across them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Stern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994038406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mea Observatory Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Daniel Stern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001011839231,"sku":"9798994038406","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aphelion-daniel-stern-9798994038406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}