An extraordinary family and an unrelenting landscape combine to create an epic story of survival and redemption.

Spring, 1938. Teodor returns home after nearly two years spent in prison for the crime of trying to feed his children. Now, he and his family are determined not only to survive, but to build a better life for themselves.

But it is not just the unrelenting landscape that Teodor must fight against. His sister's husband has an unforgivable plan that threatens to take everything away from them.

Nearly all is lost when a brother is pitted against a sister, and a mother against her child, with dramatic and heartbreaking consequences.

An extraordinary family and an unrelenting landscape combine to create an epic story of survival and redemption.

About the Author
SHANDI MITCHELL spent her childhood on a military base in the Prairies but now makes her home on the East Coast of Canada. Her award-winning films have been featured at festivals across North America, and Under This Unbroken Sky is her first novel.

Reviews
an epic piece of storytelling * WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY *
This heartbreaking debut unpacks a thorny family tragedy framed against a beautiful and unrelenting landscape. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *


Awards
Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book (Africa Region) 2010 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9780753826621
Author Shandi Mitchell
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 388g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 164mm * 32mm