{"product_id":"skyland-ann-joslin-williams-9781952143908","title":"Skyland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply moving novel that illuminates the complex ways we survive the unthinkable and slowly, painfully, learn to live again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Celia is murdered by a troubled young man from across the street, her husband Henry and daughters Nora and Lucy are left to navigate the unthinkable in their small town of Kittery, Maine. Desperate to help his daughters heal, Henry sends the girls to spend the summer at Skyland Farm, a remote artists' retreat in the New Hampshire mountains run by his beloved cousin Franny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the girls, feeling abandoned, struggle to find their footing among the resident artists. Nora grapples with her complicated feelings about Blake, the young man who destroyed their lives, while forming a new bond with a young sculptor. Lucy, the sole witness to the murder, retreats into silence and the mysterious world of a painting above her bed. Back in Maine, Henry battles his own grief and faces his greatest test when he becomes entangled with Blake's alcoholic mother, threatening his twelve years of sobriety.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the family struggles separately with their trauma, the buried details of that terrible day slowly surface. When Nora makes a desperate midnight drive home to confront her father, their journey becomes a reckoning that will either destroy what remains of their family or finally allow them to face their loss together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the rugged beauty of coastal Maine and the mountainous landscape of New Hampshire, \u003ci\u003eSkyland\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how art, nature, and unexpected friendships can slowly guide us back from the brink--and how families can find their way to one another even after the unthinkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Joslin Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195214390X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952143908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Islandport Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Ann Joslin Williams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450594504959,"sku":"9781952143908","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e9c37fd-8206-45b0-9c81-dd8c2702d723.jpg?v=1777268329","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/skyland-ann-joslin-williams-9781952143908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}