“Between Earth and Sky” by Amanda Skenandore

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   Emily Sutton-Smith did a good job narrating this Psychological, historical novel. It presents a dark period in the history of the United States, when well meaning people did a horrible injustice to the Native Americans.

A few take-aways:

–She watched the sun glide toward thehorizon, until it hung red and brilliant above the trees. Its rays, for a fleeting moment, bridge between earth and sky.

…for all their good intensions, they hadn’t really saved them at all.

–Harry (or Asku) believed that the sinuous colors were the spirits of the dead dancing through the sky.

Featured snippet from the web

Amanda Skenandore is an award-winning author of historical fiction and a registered nurse. Her books have been translated into multiple languages and garnered accolades from the American Library Association, Reader’s Digest, Silicon Valley Reads, and Apple Books. She is a 2024 Nevada Arts Council’s literary fellow.

Profile – Amanda Skenandor

Amanda lives in Las Vegas with her husband and their pet turtle, Lenore.…

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Between earth and sky DB92181

Author: Skenandore, Amanda

Reading Time: 11 hours, 37 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Emily Sutton-Smith

Subjects: Historical Fiction, Psychological Fiction

1906. When Alma Mitchell opens the morning’s paper, she discovers that a childhood friend, Harry Muskrat, or Asku as she knew him, stands accused of murdering a federal land agent. Alma must reckon with her past as she asks her husband to help defend Asku. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.

[Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Audio, [2018]

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