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Above Us the Milky Way
An Illuminated Alphabet
Author: Fowzia Karimi
Narrator: Fowzia Karimi
Unabridged: 11 hr 36 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Published: 02/09/2021
Categories: Fiction, Women, Military Fiction, Family Life
Synopsis
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.Narrated by the author.
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.Narrated by the author.
