We Own the Sky: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “With literary chops and dramatic intensity, this heartbreaking story of a father’s love that defies all reason takes off on the first page and never touches down.”

  — Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author

• “Tender and raw, spun in pragmatic prose as personal as a friend’s heartfelt admissions, with turns as unexpected as life itself.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “Allnut, who began this book after he was diagnosed with colon cancer, teaches us to cherish the simple things in life and that sometimes the only way to keep going is to share your story.”

  — Library Journal (starred review)

• “British first-novelist Allnutt plunges the reader into narrator Rob’s experience of searing loss and the attendant denial, fear, anger, guilt, blame, and grief…Heartrending.”

  — Booklist

• “A gripping, heart-squeezing story about how to carry on after losing what we love most. With grace, emotional keenness and a steady moral searchlight, Allnutt guides the reader through the darkest despair and back to hope. A brave and intense novel.”

  — Val Emmich, author of The Reminders

• “A breathtaking read that describes perfectly the joy and pain that comes with loving fully and all the compassion and forgiveness it requires. Brimming with hope to the very end.”

  — Steven Rowley, author of Lily and the Octopus

• “Both movingly tender and unflinchingly honest, We Own the Sky is story that will stay with me.”

  — Isabel Ashdown, author of Little Sister

• “Heartbreaking and devastating and complicated, We Own the Sky offers something remarkable: light in the darkest dark and redemption where there ought to be none.”

  — Laurie Frankel, author of This Is How It Always Is

• “This book will break your heart, but repair it too. Luke Allnutt’s writing is full of compassion. It made me hold my loved ones a little bit closer.”

  — Katie May, author of The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club

• “Anyone who wishes David Nicholls would write faster needs to grab this with both hands. It’s a truly stunning achievement.”

  — Jill Mansell, author of Meet Me at the Beachcomber Bay