A sweeping and emotional debut from a dazzling new voice - for fans of The Paper Palace, The Dutch House and Betty. Coming of age in 1940s England, Alice's life is thrown into chaos under the shadow of the war.
Alice, fifteen years old and evacuated to a cruel home in the north of England, dreams of a better future and a loving family. While the Second World War rages, a brutal assault decides Alice's fate and she finds herself banished to America.
1993, Marnie, a struggling drug addict, riding the highways of America dealing and stealing, dreams of her past, when she was happy and secure in the love of her grandmother, Alice.
Spanning six decades and two continents, Junction of Earth and Sky is the spellbinding story of two women, grandmother and granddaughter, plagued by the whims of fate and at times, a darkness that seems impossible to shake.
But Alice's powerful love for Marnie resonates throughout the young woman's journey towards redemption in this spellbinding story of hope against the odds.
