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100	1		_aYoung, Robert F., _d1915-1986
245	1	0	_aStar Mother
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2008
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aProduced from Amazing Stories January 1959.
500			_aRelease date is 2008-10-18
508			_aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520			_a"Star Mother" by Robert F. Young is a poignant science fiction short story written in the late 1950s. The narrative centers around a mother, Martha, whose son, Terry, has become an astronaut and is launched into space as part of an exploration mission. The story explores themes of love, loss, and the bittersweet nature of a mother's pride in her son's accomplishments. Martha experiences a whirlwind of emotions as she navigates the duality of being proud of her son's incredible journey while grappling with the fear of losing him. As she watches him rise to become a star, her thoughts oscillate between nostalgia for the boy he once was and the harsh reality of his perilous fate. When tragedy strikes and Terry's capsule is damaged in space, leaving his fate uncertain, Martha ultimately finds solace in the beauty of the night sky, declaring it more beautiful than ever—with her son now a part of the stars above. The story elegantly balances the awe of scientific achievement with the profound depths of a mother's love and grief. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aScience fiction
653			_aShort stories
830		0	_aProduced from Amazing Stories January 1959.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26957
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