All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton

All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent DaltonThe new novel from the bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe 'Extravagantly beautiful writing' ADELAIDE ADVERTISER 'Unputdownable' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'Poetic and full of grace' HERALD SUN 1942. As Japanese bombs rain down in Darwin, motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger's daughter, turns to the sky for guidance and starts walking. She carries a map that leads to Longcoat Bob, the deep country sorcerer who put a curse on her family. By her

I was supposed to be having the time of my life

transcending traditional solutions to conflict by forging a path toward a third option

And the world as it is today is a very scary place

The poems are drawn from the only collection Plath published while alive

the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh

Billie Jean

sulphurous humour

And if his bid to transform his country succeeds

As the terrorist attacks come ever closer

The book includes over 690 color photographs of plants taken in the field

The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms

a story is unraveled