Under Story: A GMA Book Club Pick

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A Good Morning America Book Club pick, Under Story by New York Times bestselling author Chloe Benjamin is an intimate yet epic love story that blends scientific discovery, speculative fiction and profound questions about love, grief and the possibility of a second chance.

Biologist Laurel Salter has retreated from her former life to McMurdo Station, an isolated research base in Antarctica, where she works as a dishwasher. Once a promising scientist with a successful career and a family, Laurel keeps her past to herself, hoping to escape everything she has left behind.

Her isolation is disrupted when a strange light, known as the Arc, appears across the ice and attracts a group of physicists to the research station. Among them is Laurel’s former husband, Eli. Fascinated by the Arc’s unusual properties, Laurel becomes convinced that it could lead to discoveries beyond anything they can imagine. She believes it may offer a way to turn back time and give them another chance to change the course of their lives.

As Laurel and Eli confront the possibility of revisiting their shared past, they must consider what they would risk for more time with the people they love. Their journey raises questions about whether a second chance can change the outcome of a story and what it means to live with loss.

Combining an exploration of science and consciousness with a deeply human story, Under Story examines grief, love, the fragility of the natural world and our connections to one another. Chloe Benjamin offers a thought-provoking novel about the choices we make, the lives we shape and the possibilities that remain beyond our understanding.