
- 244 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Floor of the Sky
About this book
In the Nebraska Sandhills, nothing is more sacred than the bond of family and landâand nothing is more capable of causing deep wounds. In Pamela Carter Joern's riveting novel The Floor of the Sky, Toby Jenkins, an aging widow, is on the verge of losing her family's ranch when her granddaughter Lilaâa city girl, sixteen and pregnantâshows up for the summer. While facing painful decisions about her future, Lila uncovers festering secrets about her grandmother's pastâdiscoveries that spur Toby to reconsider the ambiguous ties she holds to her embittered sister Gertie, her loyal ranch hand George, her not-so-sympathetic daughter Nola Jean, and ultimately, herself. Propelled by stark realism in breakneck prose, The Floor of the Sky reveals the inner worlds of characters isolated by geography and habit. Set against the sweeping changes in rural Americaâfrom the onslaught of corporate agribusiness to the pressures exerted by superstores on small townsâJoern's compelling story bears witness to the fortitude and hard-won wisdom of people whose lives have been forged by devotion to the land.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- HalfTitle Page
- Toby
- Back Cover