Between earth and sky / Amanda Skenandore.
"In Amanda Skenandore's provocative and profoundly moving debut, set in the tragic intersection between white and Native American culture, a young girl learns about friendship, betrayal, and the sacrifices made in the name of belonging. On a quiet Philadelphia morning in 1906, a newspaper headline catapults Alma Mitchell back to her past. A federal agent is dead, and the murder suspect is Alma's childhood friend, Harry Muskrat. Harry--or Asku, as Alma knew him--was the most promising student at the "savage-taming" boarding school run by her father, where Alma was the only white pupil. Created in the wake of the Indian Wars, the Stover School was intended to assimilate the children of neighboring reservations. Instead, it robbed them of everything they'd known--language, customs, even their names--and left a heartbreaking legacy in its wake. The bright, courageous boy Alma knew could never have murdered anyone. But she barely recognizes the man Asku has become, cold and embittered at being an outcast in the white world and a ghost in his own. Her lawyer husband, Stewart, reluctantly agrees to help defend Asku for Alma's sake. To do so, Alma must revisit the painful secrets she has kept hidden from everyone--especially Stewart. Told in compelling narratives that alternate between Alma's childhood and her present life, Between Earth and Sky is a haunting and complex story of love and loss, as a quest for justice becomes a journey toward understanding and, ultimately, atonement" -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 1496713664
- ISBN: 9781496713667
- Physical Description: 324 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY Kensington Pub Corp 2018.
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Subject: | Family secrets > Fiction. Indians, Treatment of > Fiction. Ojibwa Indians > Fiction. Spouses > Fiction. White people > Relations with Indians > Fiction. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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- 12 of 12 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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- 1 current hold with 12 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Barry Lawrence - Monett Library | FIC SKE (Text) | 37884103151407 | Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library | FIC SKE (Text) | 37884103151381 | Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Pierce City Library | FIC SKE (Text) | 37884103151399 | Fiction | Available | - |
Bollinger County Library | F SKE (Text) | 32713200011288 | Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Camdenton | FIC SKENANDORE (Text) | 31320003644213 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Dulany Memorial Library | FIC SKE (Text) | 35712001525128 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Windsor | F SKENANDO Amanda (Text) | 30065000159332 | Fiction | Available | - |
Livingston County Library - Main Library | SKENANDORE (Text) | 2601879262 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Oregon County - Thayer Public Library | Fic Ske (Text) | 3THAY000420894 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
St. Joseph - East Hills Library | F SKE (Text) | 32002003468582 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |