Skye Falling by Mia Mckenzie

Skye Falling by Mia Mckenzie

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK .A woman who's used to going solo discovers that there's one relationship she can't run away from in this "hilarious, electric" (The New York Times) novel, a probing examination of the complexities of family, queerness, race, and community

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR- The Boston Globe, Autostraddle, Shondaland . "Anew kind of love story, the best kind."-Ashley C. Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Somebody's Daughter

When she was twenty-six and broke, Skye didn't think twice before selling her eggs and happily pocketing the cash. Now approaching forty, Skye still moves through life entirely-and unrepentantly-on her own terms, living out of a suitcase and avoiding all manner of serious relationships. Maybe her junior high classmates weren't wrong when they voted her "Most Likely to Be Single" instead of "Most Ride-or-Die Homie," but at least she's always been free to do as she pleases.

Then a twelve-year-old girl tracks Skye down during one of her brief visits to her hometown of Philadelphia and informs Skye that she's "her egg." Skye's life is thrown into sharp relief and she decides that it might be time to actually try to have a meaningful relationship with another human being. Spoiler alert- It's not easy.

Things get even more complicated when Skye realizes that the woman she tried and failed to pick up the other day is the girl's aunt, and now it's awkward. All the while, her brother is trying to get in touch, her mother is being bewilderingly kind, and the West Philly pool halls and hoagie shops of her youth have been replaced by hipster cafes.

With its endearingly prickly narrator and a cast of characters willing to both challenge her and catch her when she falls, this novel is a clever, moving portrait of a woman and the relationships she thought she could live without.

Mia McKenzie is the award-winning author of The Summer We Got Free and the founder of Black Girl Dangerous Media, a queer Black women and girls-centered independent media and education project. In the Happy Valley of Western Massachusetts, she lives with her parenting partner and two children.

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ISBN 13	9781984801623
ISBN 10	1984801627
Title	Skye Falling
Author	Mia Mckenzie
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2022-06-14
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of Lambda Literary Award 2022
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