Under This Unbroken Sky is not only just a “good read,” but also would be an excellent book for group discussion, whether in a high school or college lit or history class or an adult book club. Editions for Under This Unbroken Sky: 0297856588 (Hardcover published in 2009), 0061774022 (Hardcover published in 2009), 0143168495 (Paperback published. You feel as if you are in the room with them, doing what they are doing, seeing the animals in the barn, or working the fields. The writing is rich and evocative, the characters are well drawn. Their lives play out in front of us, as though we’re watching a gritty play – or real life. Under This Unbroken Sky is the story of two of those families. Mitchell knows how to draw multi-dimensional, convincingly real characters with minimal lines, letting us into the minds of each in turn, and in the process builds suspense because we know something about each one’s internal life that the others can’t know. Mesmerizing and passionate, Under This Unbroken Sky is an astonishing tale of family, love, betrayal, and the resiliency of the human spirit. Life really was – and is – primarily a matter of making the most of what you have and starting over and over and over from wherever you find yourself. Unfinished Sky is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Peter Duncan. Most of our ancestors lived some version of this life, no matter where they settled. While Under This Unbroken Sky is more grim, both writers were unafraid to show immigrant life as it really was, not the “streets paved with gold” of myth. As I read Under This Unbroken Sky, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Rolvaag’s classic Giants in the Earth.

Under this unbroken sky