WE OWN THE SKY

This is is a novel about love: between husband and wife, and between father and son. It is about how we make sense of the loosing a loved one, and asks what would you do when confronted with the unthinkable? How far would you go to save your child?

A debut novel by Luke Allnutt, which reads like MAN AND BOY with shades of MY SISTER’S KEEPER and THE FAULT IN OUR STARS.

Rob Coates is a lonely man. Once happily married to Anna, with a beautiful son, Jack, he is now a (barely) functioning alcoholic, living alone in Cornwall. He runs a photography website, We Own The Sky, where he posts panoramic photos of the sites he visited with his son, and tries his hardest to forget the past. But no one can escape their memories for long, and slowly we learn what he is hiding from: Jack’s cancer diagnosis, the loss of his wife, and his obsession with saving his son, against all odds. Forced to confront his past actions and their impact on those he loved, can he come to terms with a future without Anna and Jack? And can he find a way back to life, and forgiveness?

This is a novel about love: between husband and wife, and between father and son. It is about how we make sense of the senseless, and asks what would you do when confronted with the unthinkable? How far would you go to save your child?

This is an incredibly thought-provoking novel which will appeal to a broad readership, from those who enjoy a heart-wrenching love story like ME BEFORE YOU and ONE DAY, to fans of reading group fiction like A BOY MADE OF BLOCKS, who will want to discuss the issues raised by the book. It makes you cry, but will leave you uplifted.

Luke Allnutt grew up in Surrey and works as a journalist in the Czech Republic, writing for the British and American press, mainly about politics and technology. In 2013, he published UNSPOKEN (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unspoken-Kindle-Single-Luke-Allnutt-ebook/dp/B00CA68BQ2), a Kindle Single inspired by his father’s death from cancer. He is a keen long-distance runner and proud Dad of two boys. If he had a Mastermind specialist subject, it would be The Books Of Judy Blume.