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PublisherGraywolf Press
ISBN-101644453576
ISBN-139781644453575
eBay Product ID (ePID)19078202572
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Book TitleHigh Heaven : a Novel
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
TopicFantasy / Paranormal, Westerns, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorJoshua Wheeler
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight22.9 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2025-009456
Reviews"With shimmering intelligence and innovative grace, this assured, prismatic debut fuses earthbound struggle and cosmic wonder. Giving a nod to America's richest literary traditions, Joshua Wheeler has unleashed a wildly entertaining, daringly original, genreblending vision. The High Heaven deftly traces the evolution of faith and technology, illuminating how our boundless aspirations reshape our sense of what it means to be human." --Kimberly King Parsons, author of We Were the Universe
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SynopsisA multigenre debut novel tracing one woman's quest for faith across the American West during the Space Age In 1967, on the night of the first Apollo mission, a child named Izzy is orphaned when the doomsday cult she was born into clashes with the sheriff in the high desert of New Mexico. She's taken in by a struggling rancher who is trying to keep his mind from falling apart as NASA rocket tests encroach on his outer range. Inspired by the true story of a UFO cult in a village near White Sands, this novel traces Izzy Gently's whole life: from tragedy on the ranch, through addiction and a rich cast of eccentrics in Texas, to New Orleans, where Izzy is haunted by her past even as she uses lessons from childhood to counsel people who have lost the ability to see the moon. In The High Heaven , Joshua Wheeler explores American piety as it mutates over the course of the Space Age, as technology changes notions of both humanity and the heavens. Shot through with the speculative while paying homage to three iconic genres--neo-Western, picaresque, and Southern gothic--Izzy's life story becomes a mirror for the warping of manifest destiny and, ultimately, a testament to the human will to seek meaning from the universe. Suffused with the absurdist history of American space travel and the wide-open landscapes of the Southwest, The High Heaven chronicles a larger-than-life adventure of one extraordinary woman who, despite tragedy, never loses sight of redemption., In 1967, on the night of the first Apollo mission, a child named Izzy is orphaned when the doomsday cult she was born into clashes with the sheriff in the high desert of New Mexico. She's taken in by a struggling rancher who is trying to keep his mind from falling apart as NASA rocket tests encroach on his outer range. Inspired by the true story of a UFO cult in a village near White Sands, this novel traces Izzy Gently's whole life: from tragedy on the ranch, through addiction and a rich cast of eccentrics in Texas, to New Orleans, where Izzy is haunted by her past even as she uses lessons from childhood to counsel people who have lost the ability to see the moon. In The High Heaven, Joshua Wheeler explores American piety as it mutates over the course of the Space Age, as technology changes notions of both humanity and the heavens. Shot through with the speculative while paying homage to three iconic genres--neo-Western, picaresque, and Southern gothic--Izzy's life story becomes a mirror for the warping of manifest destiny and, ultimately, a testament to the human will to seek meaning from the universe. Suffused with the absurdist history of American space travel and the wide-open landscapes of the Southwest, The High Heaven chronicles a larger-than-life adventure of one extraordinary woman who, despite tragedy, never loses sight of redemption., A multigenre debut novel tracing one woman's quest for faith across the American West during the Space Age
LC Classification NumberPS3623.H42985H54
