{"product_id":"sky-of-stone-a-memoir-coalwood","title":"Sky of Stone: A Memoir (Coalwood)","description":"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.\n\n“Vivid and alive . . . Hickam has made [Coalwood] live again in his writing.”—The New York Times Book Review\n\nIn 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.\n\nAs 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0440240921\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UMYP001JR0_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hickam, Homer\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Mass market paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Mass market paperback in GOOD condition with normal wear from use. Cover art my differ from that shown in photo.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42662899744829,"sku":"31UMYP001JR0_ns","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0440240921-0.jpg?v=1761426241","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/sky-of-stone-a-memoir-coalwood","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}