Above Us Only Sky
A Novel
$39.86
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2016
Summary
A “gripping, heartwarming” novel about a family separated by oceans, generations, and war, but connected by something much greater—the gift of wings.
On March 29, 1973, Prudence Eleanor Vilkas was born with heart-shaped wings pressed accordion-style against her back. Considered a birth defect, her wings were surgically removed, leaving only the ghost of them behind.
In 1980, Prudence’s mother takes her from Nashville to Florida, to a town inhabited by people who have run as fa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781451657685 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1451657684 |
| Author: | Michele Young-Stone |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 265g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
“Young-Stone paints a surreal world of modern fantasy and tragic history… . A daring, imaginative work.” – Milepost magazine
“Above Us Only Sky is a raw, beautiful, unforgettable book that folds unfathomable horrors and unfathomable love into a story of incredible power. Young-Stone is a master writer, and her deft control of this novel’s many moving pieces puts her in the highest echelon of our craft. Yet at the center, literal and figurative, of this novel is a story so brilliantly simple and deeply moving, you’ll forget you are reading a book. This story shook me to my core, and I can’t wait for the rest of the world to experience it.”
—Lydia Netzer, bestselling author of Shine Shine Shine and How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky
“Rich with themes of love and loss. Young-Stone has spun a beautiful tale on the cusp of magical realism, but with 100% pure magical prose.”
—Heidi Durrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
“The beautiful prose in Michele Young-Stone’s Above Us Only Sky flies off the page. A stirring meditation on resilience, the ties that bind us to our past, and what it means to have wings.”
—Tracy Guzeman, author of The Gravity of Birds
“Young-Stone has written a novel that’s both fanciful and brutally realistic, soaring as it does between angelic beings and heartless dictators. From America to Lithuania, from past to present, this is a heart-wrenching tale for literary fiction fans and particularly for readers interested in World War II.”
—Library Journal
“Imaginative and vivid storytelling”
—Publishers Weekly
“Young-Stone paints a surreal world of modern fantasy and tragic history… . A daring, imaginative work.”
—Milepost magazine
“A gripping, heartwarming tale that affirms the strength of family connections despite tragedy, time and separation.”
—Bookpage
Michele Young-Stone
Michele Young-Stone is the author of the novels Lost in the Beehive, Above Us Only Sky, and The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors, which The Boston Globe called “an exceptionally rich and sure-handed debut.” She lives in the Outer Banks of North Carolina with her husband and son.
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