Above Us the Milky Way

Above Us the Milky Way is a story about war, immigration, and the remarkable human capacity to create beauty out of horror. As a young family attempts to reconstruct their lives in a new and peaceful country, they are daily drawn back to the first land through remembrance and longing, by news of the continued suffering and loss of loved ones, and by the war dead, who have immigrated and reside with them, haunting their days and illuminating the small joys and wonders offered them by the new land.

The novel's structure is built around the alphabet, twenty-six pieces written in the first person that sketch a through-line of memory for the lives of the five daughters, mother, and father. Ghost stories and fairytales are woven with old family photographs and medieval-style watercolor illuminations to create an origin story of loss and remembrance.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Published: 04/28/2020
ISBN: 9781646050024
Pages: 440
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/06/2020
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2020 pg. 30
Foreword 02/26/2020