{"product_id":"above-us-only-sky-9781451657685","title":"Above Us Only Sky","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"gripping, heartwarming\" (\u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about a family separated by oceans, generations, and war, but connected by something much greater--the gift of wings.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1980, Prudence's mother takes her from Nashville to Florida, to a town inhabited by people who have run as far as they can without fins or wings. In this new town, Prudence is befriended by a boy who can see what others can't, including Prudence's ghostly wings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe unexpected and unimaginable bubble up from the depths of the Atlantic to confront Prudence when she meets her long-estranged Lithuanian grandfather and discovers a miraculous lineage beating and pulsing with past Lithuanian bird-women, storytellers with wings dragging the dirt, survivors perched on radio towers, lovers lit up like fireworks and heroes disguised as everyday men and women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbove Us Only Sky\u003c\/i\u003e spans the 1863 January Uprising against Russian Tsarist rule in Eastern Europe to the fall of the Berlin Wall and Lithuania's independence in 1991. It is a \"daring, imaginative\" (\u003ci\u003eMilepost\u003c\/i\u003e magazine) story of mutual understanding between the old and young; it is a love story, a story of survival, and most importantly, a story about disovering where we belong in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYoung-Stone seamlessly balances Lithuanian history with magical realism in this \"amazing, spellbinding, incredible journey\" (\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hoarders\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYoung-Stone, Michele:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michele Young-Stone is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eLost in the Beehive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAbove Us Only Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors\u003c\/i\u003e, which \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e called \"an exceptionally rich and sure-handed debut.\" She lives in the Outer Banks of North Carolina with her husband and son.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337397244178,"sku":"9781451657685","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_037f4321-f4ea-4648-b0f2-2d6c5a77ab65.jpg?v=1727962100","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/above-us-only-sky-9781451657685","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}