Sky of Stone: A Memoir

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rocket Boys and The Coalwood Way transports us back to his West Virginia hometown and the summer that nearly destroyed the close-knit community in this “beautifully executed” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) memoir.

“Vivid and alive . . . Hickam has made [Coalwood] live again in his writing.”—The New York Times Book Review

In the summer of ’61, Homer “Sonny” Hickam, a year of college behind him, is dreaming of sandy beaches and rocket ships. But b...