2019 Reading Program: Nurturing for Community
The Same Sky: A Novel
Written by Amanda Eyre Ward
Published in 2015 by Penguin Random House
Alice owns a barbecue restaurant with her husband, Jake, in Austin, Texas. They have a loving marriage and thriving business, but Alice still feels that something is missing. Carla is a strong-willed young girl who’s had to grow up fast, acting as caretaker to her six-year-old brother, Junior, in Honduras. When their grandmother dies and violence in the city escalates, Carla takes fate into her hands and she and Junior join the thousands of children making the perilous trek across Mexico to America. In this elegant and touching novel, the lives of Alice and Carla intersect in a profound and surprising way as they each search for a place to belong.
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