Kiss the Sky, Farai Chideya
Kiss the Sky, Farai Chideya
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Kiss the Sky

Author: Farai Chideya

Narrator: Sharon Washington

Unabridged: 14 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/18/2009

Synopsis

Renowned journalist and respected author Farai Chideya makes her fiction debut with Kiss the Sky. Sophie "Sky" Lee is a washed-up rocker who yearns for the days when she poured her soul into music. She gets a second chance when a charity event reunites the old band, and her savvy manager boyfriend puts the group back on tour. But Sophie is pulled in another direction when she finds that Ari, the lead guitarist and her ex, has cleaned up his heroin-addled ways and wants her back.

About Farai Chideya

Farai Chideya has combined media, technology, and sociopolitical analysis during her twenty-year career as an award-winning author, journalist, professor, and lecturer. She is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She was also a spring 2012 fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics. She frequently appears on public radio and cable television, speaking about race, politics, and culture. She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated magna cum laude with a BA from Harvard University in 1990. Find out more at Farai.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on July 23, 2021

Usually I love "unlikeable" characters but this one was just the WORST. Had to skim the last 50 pages to get through......more

Goodreads review by Jacqueline on June 24, 2023

2.5 stars? I don’t entirely know how to rate this book. There were certain parts that I loved and others that I couldn’t tell whether they were poorly written or just difficult to read. The chapters were so short that reading felt like just getting small, choppy tastes of Sky’s life, so it was real......more

Goodreads review by Ari on June 02, 2014

Incredible Quote: "But Mimi knew that I was lying to her. What were girlfriends for except telling your other girlfriends their business? It was twisted group therapy, where you had no secrets except the ones you truly kept to yourself" (pg. 66). I think I first heard about this book on NPR, it's be......more

Goodreads review by judy-b. on April 28, 2010

I wanted to love this book, but ultimately found it just good. If 1/2 stars were possible, I would give it a 3.5; a B-. Some of the writing is clever, but overall the book did not keep me thinking about it for days afterward. It is an attractive story - girl meets boy rocker, gets caught up in getti......more

Goodreads review by Stacie on August 31, 2010

I've read better written books, esp from Farai Chideya, who excels in nonfiction about news and hip hop, respectively. However, what I liked most about this book was that I don't think I've seen such a complicated character before in black literature. Black punk rock chick, hip hop lover who quotes......more

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