On Earth as It Is on Television

Emily Jane

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First Contact stories have never been as intoxicating and fun as in Emily Jane’s novel of the sudden arrival—and equally sudden departure—of spaceships above Earth.The arrival of spaceships can bring up a lot of big questions: What does it mean that we’re not alone? Why did aliens come here? Who knew beforehand? Where…. are the aliens going?Wait… They can’t just leave! Without inviting us into their galactic federation—or at the very least obliterating us! In Emily Jane’s debut—a rollicking paean to what it means to be alive in thetwenty-first century—the fleeting presence of alien vessels, and the certaintythat humans are not alone in the universe, sparks intense uncertainty as to ourplace within it.Blaine has always been content to go along with whatever his supermom wifeand television-addicted, half-feral children want. But when the kids blithelyponder skinning people to see if they’re aliens, and his wife announces a surpriseroad trip to Disney World, even steady Blaine begins to crack.Half a continent away, Heather, bored in a Malibu pool while the ships hoveroverhead, watches as the Arrival heralds the demise of her dead-end relationshipand sets her on a quest to understand herself, her accomplished (and oh-so-annoying)stepfamily, and why she feels so alone in a universe teeming with life.And Oliver, suddenly conscious and alert after twenty catatonic years, strugglesto piece together broken memories and understand why he’s following astrange cat on a westward journey and into the greatest adventure of his—oranyone’s—lifetime.