{"product_id":"across-different-skies-amara-lumen-9798251921410","title":"Across Different Skies: A Story of Distance, Longing, and Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eAcross Different Skies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Story of Distance, Longing, and Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn March 2009, after a long shift in the emergency room in Manila, Dr. Tika Reyes logs into a Yahoo chat room with no expectation beyond distraction. What she finds instead is Malik, a quiet, thoughtful Syrian refugee rebuilding his life in Copenhagen, where he is studying engineering and learning how to begin again in a country that is safe, but not yet home.\u003cbr\u003eWhat begins as an accidental conversation soon becomes the gentlest part of their days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross time zones, griefs, and vastly different worlds, Tika and Malik form a connection built first through words: late-night confessions, small kindnesses, shared loneliness, and the fragile, beautiful intimacy of being truly seen. As weeks turn into months, messages become longing, webcam glimpses become ache, and what once seemed impossible begins to feel like the most honest thing in either of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the time September arrives, one truth remains: some distances can no longer be endured from afar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcross Different Skies\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender and hopeful novel about love that begins quietly, grows through courage, and asks two wounded but resilient hearts to risk crossing the world for something real. It is a story of waiting, of belonging, and of discovering that sometimes love arrives from farther away than we ever imagined, yet still feels like home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amara Lumen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251921410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Amara Lumen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623698542847,"sku":"9798251921410","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/across-different-skies-amara-lumen-9798251921410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}