Her entry begins:I am reading C.S. Lewis – A Life by Alister McGrath which was a Christmas gift sent to me from my wonderful publisher in the U.K. We aren’t supposed to be swayed by book covers, but what about subtitles? This one is “Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet” – who can pass that up? It’s a fascinating, almost voyeuristic, look into his life, with notes about a hush-hush affair between the nineteen-year-old Lewis and his best pal’s mom, the forty-five year old Mrs. Moore. Also, there is discussion about Lewis’ “flagellant fantasies.” Lewis [was] into...[read on]About Above, from the publisher:
I am a secret no one is able to tell.Learn more about the book and author at Isla Morley's website.
Blythe Hallowell is sixteen when she is abducted by a survivalist and locked away in an abandoned missile silo in Eudora, Kansas. At first, she focuses frantically on finding a way out, until the harrowing truth of her new existence settles in—the crushing loneliness, the terrifying madness of a captor who believes he is saving her from the end of the world, andthe persistent temptation to give up. But nothing prepares Blythe for the burden of raising a child in confinement. Determined to give the boy everything she has lost, she pushes aside the truth about a world he may never see for a myth that just might give meaning to their lives below ground. Years later, their lives are ambushed by an event at once promising and devastating. As Blythe’s dream of going home hangs in the balance, she faces the ultimate choice—between survival and freedom.
Above is a riveting tale of resilience in which “stunning” (Daily Beast) new literary voice Isla Morley compels us to imagine what we would do if everything we had ever known was taken away. Like the bestselling authors of Room and The Lovely Bones before her, Morley explores the unthinkable with haunting detail and tenderly depicts our boundless capacity for hope.
The Page 69 Test: Come Sunday.
Writers Read: Isla Morley.
--Marshal Zeringue
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