Sky Bridge
by Laura Pritchett
When Libby winds up raising her younger sister Tess’s daughter, she
sets out to give baby Amber the childhood she and Tess never had. But
then Libby—who is only twenty-two—loses her job at the Ideal Foods, and
Baby Amber’s father shows up with a custody claim. When a community
rises up to give her support, Libby is grateful. There’s the mystic
beekeeper, the widowed husband of Libby’s best friend, the saintly
rancher next door, and even her mother, who finds a way to help in
spite of her intolerance for weakness.
With spirit and a kind of awkward grace, Libby learns that love and support, more than blood, are what truly define a family.
Laura Pritchett
Author's Bio:Laura Pritchett is the author of Hell’s Bottom, Colorado, which received the Milkweed National Fiction Prize and a PEN USA West Literary Award for Fiction. For Sky Bridge
she received the WILLA Literary Award and was a finalist for the
Colorado Book Award. She is the editor of two forthcoming works of
nonfiction, and her work has appeared in numerous magazines, including The Sun, Orion, High Country News, Colorado Review, and 5280. Pritchett lives with her family in the foothills of northern Colorado.
Awards:
Winner, Women Writing the West WILLA Award
Colorado Book Award Finalist
Library Journal Best Adult Book for Teens 2005
Quotes:“A vivid modern tale of believable goodness—despite all the odds against that.” —Kent Haruf
“At the center of Laura Pritchett’s Sky Bridge is the courageous notion
that a world that makes us all strangers makes us also, necessarily,
family. . . . The beauty of the book lies in the way Pritchett, quietly
and without fanfare, explores this difficult balance.” —Kent Meyers
“Compassionate, finely observed . . . a moving story of love, duty, and family.” —Publishers Weekly
“With an unerring ear for the undercurrents of small Western
communities, Laura Pritchett introduces readers to the gritty realities
of life with limited opportunities.” —Rocky Mountain News
“Sky Bridge grabs you by the heart and never lets go.” —The Denver Post
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Sky Bridge
Twenty-two-year-old Libby is a supermarket clerk in a luckless town in
the rural West. Endlessly daydreaming, she sees herself becoming an
artist, moving out of her mother’s house to have her own, learning to
play guitar. When her younger sister Tess becomes pregnant, Libby
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Binding: Paperback
Availability In Stock: 181
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Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2007
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9781571310545
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