A review by kleonard
Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella by Cary Holladay

5.0

This collection of short stories and a novella is a wonder and a delight. Focusing in part on middle-class Americans in the 1960s and in part on women's experiences in westward expansion, the book is full of astonishingly original and evocative description and character realization. In every piece included here, Holladay captures historical contexts and deftly weaves them in with personal crises, concerns, and changes. The women in the stories come of age, detach from family, and grapple with identity in fascinating ways. The historical settings and use of real-life figures mirrors in some ways Emma Donoghue's books like The Woman Who Gave Birth To Rabbits, but the writing is uniquely Hollday's. Revel in this book.