The Same Sky, Amanda Eyre Ward
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The Same Sky

Narrator: Maria Cabezas

Unabridged: 7 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/20/2015


Synopsis

Alice and her husband, Jake, own a barbecue restaurant in Austin, Texas. Hardworking and popular in their community, they have a loving marriage and thriving business, but Alice still feels that something is missing, lying just beyond reach. Carla is a strong-willed young girl whos had to grow up fast, acting as caretaker to her six-year-old brother Junior. Years ago, her mother left the family behind in Honduras to make the arduous, illegal journey to Texas. But when Carlas grandmother dies and violence in the city escalates, Carla takes fate into her own handsand with Junior, she joins the thousands of children making their way across Mexico to America, facing great peril for the chance at a better life. In this elegant novel, the lives of Alice and Carla will intersect in a profound and surprising way. Poignant and arresting, The Same Sky is about finding courage through struggle, hope amid heartache, and summoning the strengthno matter what dangers awaitto find the place where you belong. Narrators: Maria Cabezas, Therese Plummer

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