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    Sky Bridge: A Novel

    By Laura Pritchett

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    A supermarket clerk in a small dusty town, 22-year-old Libby is full of dreams but lacks the means to pursue them. When her younger sister Tess becomes pregnant, Libby convinces her not to have an abortion by promising to raise the child herself. But then Tess takes off after the baby is born and Libby finds that her new role puts her dreams that much further away. Her already haphazard life becomes ever more chaotic. The baby's father, a Christian rodeo rider, suddenly demands custody. Libby loses her job, her boyfriend abandons her, and her own mother harps on how stupid she was to make that promise to Tess. More than a story of a single mother overcoming obstacles, Sky Bridge is a painfully honest, complex novel that leaves readers with a fresh understanding of what it means to inhabit a world in which dreams die, and are sometimes reborn.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMilkweed Editions
    Release dateDec 10, 2011
    ISBN9781571318565
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    Sky Bridge: A Novel
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    Laura Pritchett

    Laura Pritchett is an American author whose work is rooted in the natural world. Her five novels have garnered numerous national literary awards, including PEN USA Award for Fiction, the High Plains Book Award, the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, and the WILLA Award. She's published over 200 essays and short stories in magazines, including The New York Times, The Sun, O Magazine, Salon, High Country News, Orion, and others, mostly about environmental issues in the American West. She holds a PhD from Purdue University and teaches around the country. She is also known for her environmental stewardship, particularly in regard to land preservation and river health. More at www.laurapritchett.com.

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    • 4/5
      Sky Bridge is the story of Libby, a young grocery clerk who lives with her embittered mother, Kay, and younger sister, Tess, outside of a small town on the dusty plains of southeastern Colorado. The story is narrated by Libby, who offers to raise Tess’s impending baby and is then stunned when Tess leaves town, abandoning not only her new baby, but Libby as well. Libby is overwhelmed by her new responsibility and kind of muddles through life. Her mother, Kay, is awful and it’s no wonder Tess thought motherhood would not be for her. A life of poverty in small town Colorado is a rough deal but luckily there are caring neighbors. Also, luckily, Pritchett is a fine writer (and this is her first book) who can gracefully see the reader through a story chock full of despair and poor decisions to a more hopeful light. Fans of Kent Haruf should give Laura Pritchett a try, although I’d recommend reading her stunning Hell’s Bottom, Colorado first.
    • 4/5
      Sky Bridge is the story of Libby, a young grocery clerk who lives with her embittered mother, Kay, and younger sister, Tess, outside of a small town on the dusty plains of southeastern Colorado. The story is narrated by Libby, who offers to raise Tess?s impending baby and is then stunned when Tess leaves town, abandoning not only her new baby, but Libby as well. Libby is overwhelmed by her new responsibility and kind of muddles through life. Her mother, Kay, is awful and it?s no wonder Tess thought motherhood would not be for her. A life of poverty in small town Colorado is a rough deal but luckily there are caring neighbors. Also, luckily, Pritchett is a fine writer (and this is her first book) who can gracefully see the reader through a story chock full of despair and poor decisions to a more hopeful light. Fans of Kent Haruf should give Laura Pritchett a try, although I?d recommend reading her stunning Hell?s Bottom, Colorado first.
    • 4/5
      There were flashes of the later brilliance Pritchett exhibits in Hell's Bottom, Colorado but overall, this was obviously a first novel - overwritten in parts, with unbelievable characterizations, and Very Important Messages delivered with the subtlety of a jackhammer. Don't make this your first Pritchett, as you might never return to her, and she definitely deserves more readers. Just maybe not of this book.
    • 4/5
      Sky Bridge is set in a small, impoverished rural town in Colorado. Libby and Tess are sisters, who live with an angry, alcoholic mom, Kay. Tess, the younger sister, finds herself pregnant just as she is ready to leave high-school. Libby, the elder sister, convinces Tess not to have an abortion and promises to take care of the baby after she is born. The day young Amber is born, birth-mother Tess leaves town and Libby is left to raise baby Amber. Libby works part time in a supermarket and helps her mom , Kay , as a farm hand. At the age of 20 or so, Libby finds herself raising the young baby of her sister, while still living with her angry and often abusive mother , Kay. It's a heartbreaking story of poverty and abuse, yet the author still is able to convey some hope and love . The story is spare and reminds of the sort of writing that Kent Haruf was able to do so well. This is Laura Pritchett's debut novel and I think she deserves to be more widely read. I know I'll be reading more by Laura Pritchett. 4 stars.
    • 5/5
      I seem to be drawn to stories set in small towns where the protagonist has to overcome some kind of obstacle. In this case, the small town is on the plains of eastern Colorado. It is not Holt, but it is written much in the style of Kent Haruf with well-drawn characters and lovely descriptions of the stark setting. Libby is raising the infant daughter of her younger sister with the "help" of her grudging and unsympathetic mother. She wants to do the right things but is thwarted by the colicky Amber and the challenges of single parenting.This was Laura Pritchett's debut novel. She has that ability to allow the reader to connect with and care about her characters with all their flaws. While she writes about hard times, the values and authentic intensity of lives shaped by harsh surroundings come to the forefront of a book which deserves more attention.