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A debut novel that looks to the heavens and to the Heaven's Gate cult
Book Review Bright Objects: A Novel By Ruby Todd Simon & Schuster, 352 pages, $28.99 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Bright objects can illuminate, but …