ISBN: 0571358020 9780571358021

Category: Fiction / General

Page count: 480

<p><b>SHORLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS</b><br> <b>LONGLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE<br></b><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS<br> <br> 'Dazzling' <i>Cosmopolitan</i><br></b><b>'I deeply admire <i>This One Sky Day -</i> and also, not so secretly, bitterly envy it...' MARLON JAMES</b><br> <b>'Gorgeous' <i>Financial Times</i><br> 'Haunting' <i>Independent</i><br> 'Wonderfully fearless' <i>New Statesman<br></i></b><b>'Stunning' KEI MILLER<br></b><br> Dawn breaks across the archipelago of Popisho. The world is stirring awake again, each resident with their own list of things to do:<br> <br> A wedding feast to conjure and cook<br> An infidelity to investigate<br> A lost soul to set free<br> <br> As the sun rises two star-crossed lovers try to find their way back to one another across this single day. When night falls, all have been given a gift, and many are no longer the same.<br> <br> The sky is pink, and some wonder if it will ever be blue again.<br> <br> <b>What readers are saying</b><br> 'Brimming with and life and love and just absolutely gorgeous writing. a one-of-a-kind novel.'<br> <br> 'I couldn't put it down and I will be recommending it to everyone.'<br> <br> 'A story luxuriously and confidently told, which is sumptuous from sentence to sentence. There is both literal and literary magic here.'<br> <br> 'This book is bursting at the seams with beauty! Magic! Love! Imagination! It is a burst of colour and flame.'<br> <br> 'It's hard to explain, but if you love getting lost in a story, this could be one for you.'</p>