‘All Our Shimmering Skies is the follow-up to Boy Swallows Universe we could have never imagined, but the one Dalton was destined to gift us. It’s a story of heroes and villains, foxes and water buffalo, fighter planes and birds of prey, real magic and real love, . · A story about the gifts that fall from the sky, curses we dig from the earth, and secrets we bury inside ourselves, Trent Dalton’s brilliantly imagined novel is an odyssey of true love and grave danger, of darkness and light, of bones and blue heavens. · Two years after the release of the international blockbuster and Booktopia staff favourite Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton’s second novel is well on its way to your shelf. It’s been worth the wait – All Our Shimmering Skies is a transcendent beam of sunlight breaking through a violent tropical storm system. Set against a nostalgic yet cruel vision of Darwin and the wild, magic of Australia’s far Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
'All Our Shimmering Skies is the follow-up to Boy Swallows Universe we could have never imagined, but the one Dalton was destined to gift us. It's a story of heroes and villains, foxes and water buffalo, fighter planes and birds of prey, real magic and real love, epitaphs and aphorisms, lost treasure and lost life. Trent Dalton's novel, All Our Shimmering Skies, is an exhilarating tale of love, friendship and gifts that fall from the sky. Set in the Northern Territory during World War II, it's filled with Trent's typically acute observations, larger-than-life characters and moments of both pure joy and heartbreaking sadness. In conversation with Annabel Crabb, Trent discusses his extraordinary rise. All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton review - a quest fable follow-up to Boy Swallows Universe. Dalton again tackles good and evil from the perspective of a heartbreaking, hopeful child.
A story about the gifts that fall from the sky, curses we dig from the earth, and secrets we bury inside ourselves, Trent Dalton’s brilliantly imagined novel is an odyssey of true love and grave danger, of darkness and light, of bones and blue heavens. The bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton returns with All Our Shimmering Skies - a glorious novel destined to become another Australian classic. Darwin, , and as Japanese bombs rain down, motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger's daughter, turns once again to the sky for guidance. Two years after the release of the international blockbuster and Booktopia staff favourite Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton’s second novel is well on its way to your shelf. It’s been worth the wait – All Our Shimmering Skies is a transcendent beam of sunlight breaking through a violent tropical storm system. Set against a nostalgic yet cruel vision of Darwin and the wild, magic of Australia’s far north bushland, this is the story of a grave digger’s daughter, a California-bound.
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