The Night Sky: A Novel

"Marvelous, spiritually charged fiction, an example of the contemporary American novel at its best." -Christopher Tilghman, The Los Angeles Times Book Review"A haunting tale . . . Ivy Slovak's life is not one a reader will soon forget." -Roxanna Robinson, The New York Times Book Review"Morris's novel joins a rich literary tradition of women who, in the absence of mothers, flounder in their search for womanhood, who are fused to phantoms they fear they will never shake off." -Barbara Lazear Ascher, The Washington Post Book World"A quiet celebration of motherhood--and fatherhood, too. Told in eloquent, vivid snatches, it's a fast-paced yet deeply moral story that stimulates and satisfies the mind, emotions, and imagination." -Jean Patterson, Orlando Sentinel"A mother's coming of age novel...Morris is too accomplished to write a surface account . . . [She] goes deeper to explore love and loss and coming to terms with one's past." -Philadelphia Inquirer"One gutsy woman and one fantastic writer." -Louise Bernikow, Cosmopoliltan"Morris here creates a sensitive, intriguing, and touching portrait of a single mother struggling with eternal issues that are given a timely twist." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Morris inhabits Ivy with an intensity and clarity of vision that makes this a story at once tough, sad, and honest, yet at the same time hauntingly beautiful." -Stuart Dybek"Morris delves into the ordeal of motherhood and penetrates its mysteries. On view here is the mastery of a writer in her prime, revealed in the palpable restraint of the writing and the hypnotic tempo of a commanding story." -Booklist"Morris perfectly captures the strains of solo child rearing. And she celebrates the ability of a woman to navigate without a mate, creating alternative forms of solace and power." -New Woman"Morris's novel joins a rich literary tradition of women who, in the absence of mothers, flounder in their search for womanhood, who are fused to phantoms they fear they will never shake off." -Barbara Lazear Ascher, The Washington Post Book World