{"product_id":"sky-of-stone-9780440240921","title":"Sky of Stone","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRocket Boys \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Coalwood Way\u003c\/i\u003e transports us back to his West Virginia hometown and the summer that nearly destroyed the close-knit community in this “beautifully executed” (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e) memoir.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Vivid and alive . . . Hickam has made [Coalwood] live again in his writing.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62225266737539,"sku":"9780440240921","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780440240921.jpg?v=1785321960","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/sky-of-stone-9780440240921","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}