{"product_id":"above-us-only-sky","title":"Above Us Only Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA gorgeous and magical epic about a family separated by generations and war, but connected by something much greater: the gift of wings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn March 29, 1973, \u003cem\u003ePrudence Eleanor Vilkas\u003c\/em\u003e was born with heart-shaped wings pressed accordion-style against her back. Considered a birth defect, her wings were surgically removed, leaving only the ghost of them behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1980, Prudence’s mother takes her from Nashville to Florida, to a town inhabited by people who have run as far as they can without fins or wings. In this new town, Prudence is befriended by a boy who can see what others can’t, including Prudence’s ghostly wings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe unexpected and unimaginable bubble up from the depths of the Atlantic to confront Prudence when she meets her long-estranged Lithuanian grandfather and discovers a miraculous lineage beating and pulsing with past Lithuanian bird-women, storytellers with wings dragging the dirt, survivors perched on radio towers, lovers lit up like fireworks and heroes disguised as everyday men and women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbove Us Only Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003espans the 1863 January Uprising against Russian Tsarist rule in Eastern Europe to the fall of the Berlin Wall and Lithuania’s independence in 1991. It is a “daring, imaginative” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMilepost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e magazine) story of mutual understanding between the old and young; it is a love story, a story of survival, and most importantly, a story about discovering where we belong in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichele Young - Stone \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis the author of the \u003cem\u003eHandbook for Lightning Strike Survivors,\u003c\/em\u003e which \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e called \" \u003cem\u003eripe for Oprah or fans of Elizabeth Berg or Anne Tyler\".\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"with-margin-bottom-small\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster (March 29, 2016)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLength: 272 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN13: 9781451657685\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Balzekas Museum Gift Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51699109298422,"sku":"gya1789793816760","price":13.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/9261\/7206\/files\/above-us-only-sky_1.jpg?v=1789793826","url":"https:\/\/vacationfit.shop\/products\/above-us-only-sky","provider":"Vacationfit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}