We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky

Author  Emma Hooper
We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky

“[T]he breezy summer read [you] need to escape to a different time and place.” —The Globe and Mail

An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rebelling against an era that relies on their submission, from the acclaimed author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James.

During the golden age of the Roman Empire, five girls enjoy a modest childhood in their small Portuguese village. They race each other through lemon orchards and pick fresh fruit for the commander who overlooks his people from a large house on the hill. Though the girls are all raised by different families, there is one thing they know without a doubt: they are sisters.

What they don’t know is that their simple existence is about…