The release date for the English version of 'All Our Shimmering Skies' by
Trent Dalton is Sep 2020. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Trent Dalton, author of the critically acclaimed Boy Swallows Universe, makes a triumphant comeback with All Our Shimmering Skies, a book that is sure to become another Australian classic. Darwin, 1942: Molly Hook, the gravedigger's daughter, is left motherless and looks to the sky for direction as Japanese bombs rain down around her. Beside the map that points to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer who cursed her family, she is carrying a stone heart enclosed in a duffel bag. The unlikeliest of traveling companions, Yukio, a downed Japanese fighter pilot, and sharp-tongued actress Greta, are by her side. The sky says in the daytime, Run, Molly, run. Head for the vine woodlands. Run to the magnificent and untamed monsoon lands of northern Australia. Head for friendship. Leap for love. Hurry. Because Molly, the graverobber is coming, and he's bringing the night sky with him. So, Molly, just run.
The narrative of All Our Shimmering Skies is about secrets we bury within ourselves, curses we unearth from the dirt, and gifts that fall from the sky. A love letter to Australia and the skill of gazing up, it is an odyssey of genuine love and terrible danger, of darkness and light, of bones and blue sky. It is also a lively, beautiful, and enchanting story filled with warmth, wit, and wonder.