num_pages: 368
description: An emotionally wounded woman finds connection, community, and her own sense of humanity in this powerful and beautifully written novel. Morgan Shelby has lost her parents, her lover, and her joy in life. She has inherited a sprawling old house whose upkeep is beyond her means, and she doesn't notice when the aliens land--she's busy recruiting tenants and fighting depression. Then she's hired to raise Blue, an infant alien sent to learn about Earth. Blue's government watchdogs aren't happy about the unconventional Morgan's influence on Blue, and no one in the household is ready for the ways in which Blue disrupts their lives and questions their assumptions about what it means to be human.
language: English
title: A Paradigm of Earth
titlecomplete: A Paradigm of Earth
genres: Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 102
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Sunburst Award
category: Canadian Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Gaylactic Spectrum Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Tor Books