Sky of Stone

A Memoir

Homer Hickam

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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
29 October 2002

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Prose: non-fiction

Series: Coalwood

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rocket Boys and The Coalwood Way transports us back to his West Virginia hometown and the summer that nearly destroyed the close-knit community in this ""beautifully executed"" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) memoir.

""Vivid and alive . . . Hickam has made

Coalwood

live again in his writing.""-The New York Times Book Review

In the summer of '61, Homer ""Sonny"" Hickam, a year of college behind him, is dreaming of sandy beaches and rocket ships. But before Sonny can reach the seaside fixer-upper where his mother is spending the summer, a telephone call sends him back to the place he thought he had escaped- the gritty coal-mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. There, Sonny's father, the mine's superintendent, has been accused of negligence in a man's death. Sonny's mother, Elsie, has ordered her son to spend the summer in Coalwood to support his father. For Sonny, so begins a season of discovery-a time when he will learn about love, loss, and a closely guarded secret that threatens to destroy his father and his town.

As the days of summer grow shorter, Sonny finds himself taking the first real steps toward manhood. But it's a journey he can make only by unraveling the story of a man's death and a father's secret-the mysteries that lie at the very heart of Coalwood.

By: Homer Hickam
Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 170mm, Width: 107mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 232g
ISBN: 9780440240921
ISBN 10: 0440240921
Series: Coalwood
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 29 October 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Homer Hickam was born and raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. The author of Torpedo Junction (a Military History Book-of-the-Month Club selection) as well as numerous articles for such publications as Air & Space/Smithsonian and American History Illustrated, he is a NASA payload training manager for the International Space Station program and lives in Huntsville, Alabama

Reviews for Sky of Stone: A Memoir

[C]leverly constructed, richly detailed mystery peppered with colloquial dialogue and vivid characters. This pleasing book only reinforces his oeuvre. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i>