Skye falling : a novel / Mia McKenzie.
"Twenty-six and broke, Skye didn't think twice before selling her eggs and happily pocketing the cash. Now approaching forty, Skye moves through life entirely -- and unrepentantly -- on her own terms, living out of a suitcase and avoiding all manner of serious relationships. Her personal life might be a mess, and no one would be surprised if she died alone in a hotel room, but at least she's free to do as she pleases. But then a twelve-year-old girl shows up during one of Skye's brief visits to her hometown of Philadelphia, and tells 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 gets 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her problematic mother is being bewilderingly kind, and the West Philly pool halls and hoagie shops of her youth have been replaced by hipster cafes. Told in a fresh, lively voice, this novel is a relentlessly clever, deeply moving portrait of a woman and the relationships she thought she could live without"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984801609 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 308 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"Twenty-six and broke, Skye didn't think twice before selling her eggs and happily pocketing the cash. Now approaching forty, Skye moves through life entirely--and unrepentantly--on her own terms, living out of a suitcase and avoiding all manner of serious relationships. Her personal life might be a mess, and no one would be surprised if she died alone in a hotel room, but at least she's free to do as she pleases. But then a twelve-year-old girl shows up during one of Skye's brief visits to her hometown of Philadelphia, and tells 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 gets 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 problematic mother is being bewilderingly kind, and the West Philly pool halls and hoagie shops of her youth have been replaced by hipster cafes. Told in a fresh, lively voice, this novel is a relentlessly clever, deeply moving portrait of a woman and the relationships she thought she could live without"-- - Baker & Taylor
When a 12-year-old girl tracks her down during one of her brief visits to Philadelphia, claiming to be âher egg,â Skye, a loner and egg donor, decides that it might be time to actually have a meaningful relationship with another human being, which is easier said than done. - Random House, Inc.
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK â¢Â A woman whoâs used to going solo discovers that thereâs one relationship she canât run away from in this âhilarious, electricâ (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 ⢠âA new kind of love story, the best kind.ââAshley C. Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Somebodyâs Daughter
When she was twenty-six and broke, Skye didnât think twice before selling her eggs and happily pocketing the cash. Now approaching forty, Skye still moves through life entirelyâand unrepentantlyâon her own terms, living out of a suitcase and avoiding all manner of serious relationships. Maybe her junior high classmates werenât wrong when they voted her âMost Likely to Be Singleâ instead of âMost Ride-or-Die Homie,â but at least sheâs 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 sheâs âher egg.â Skyeâs 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: Itâs 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 girlâs aunt, and now itâs 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 cafés.
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.