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Starchild
- Author
- Maggie Aderin
- Narrator
- Maggie Aderin
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 19 February 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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'I'd toast the moon and look at the sky... I think it draws us to it; we wonder what lies beyond.'
Maggie Aderin’s destiny was always written in the stars. From the age of three, inspired by The Clangers, her dream was to go into space. While her childhood was spent moving around the country, her fascination with the universe remained her constant and enmeshed in her a deep desire and determination to succeed as a scientist.
Starchild is Maggie’s emotionally honest and intimate memoir, telling a story of education and prejudice, adversity and ambition, motherhood and the moon – all recounted in her characteristically warm and relatable style. From being the only Black woman on her physics course at Imperial College London to her work on the James Webb and Gemini telescopes, Maggie’s story is a love letter to life and the universe that makes it possible.
© Maggie Aderin-Pocock 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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Details
- Author
- Maggie Aderin
- Narrator
- Maggie Aderin
- Duration
- 8 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9781473534483
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Genre
- Memoirs, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Space science, Popular astronomy and space
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. 'I'd toast the moon and look at the sky... I think it draws us to it; we wonder what lies beyond.'Maggie Aderin’s destiny was always written in the stars. From the age of three, inspired by The Clangers, her dream was to go into space. While her childhood was spent moving around the country, her fascination with the universe remained her constant and enmeshed in her a deep desire and determination to succeed as a scientist.Starchild is Maggie’s emotionally honest and intimate memoir, telling a story of education and prejudice, adversity and ambition, motherhood and the moon – all recounted in her characteristically warm and relatable style. From being the only Black woman on her physics course at Imperial College London to her work on the James Webb and Gemini telescopes, Maggie’s story is a love letter to life and the universe that makes it possible.© Maggie Aderin-Pocock 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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