The Wind Will Catch You, Michelle Theall
The Wind Will Catch You, Michelle Theall
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The Wind Will Catch You

Author: Michelle Theall

Narrator: Lauren Ezzo

Unabridged: 9 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2023

Synopsis

Sky Fielder is a typical college student, except that she is a product of the foster-care system, lives in a halfway house, and meets with her caseworker on a weekly basis. While failing to balance her grades and erratic social life, she receives a call from a hospital, asking her to make medical decisions for her brother Ben—who died more than a decade before. The call must be a scam, and besides, Sky has a new life now. None of her classmates know about her desperate and feral childhood in West Texas, where her brother kept her mind off hunger with adventures along the riverbeds and cliffs surrounding their trailer—or about the rash decision that cost him his life and almost ended hers. In fact, only one person truly knows Sky, and that's because it’s her job. But Sky’s assigned caseworker, Laura, is an employee of social services, which surely means she can’t be trusted. As Laura helps Sky unravel the mysteries surrounding the man in the hospital, Sky remembers the risks it takes to love and be loved. When the past and the present collide and long-kept secrets are revealed, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to have a home and family again. The Wind Will Catch You is an eye-opening, gritty, and hopeful novel by GLAAD media award nominee Michelle Theall about upheaval and resilience, forgiveness and family, love and unexpected allies, all set in motion by issues of social justice and a broken American foster-care system.

About Michelle Theall

Michelle Theall is the senior editor of Alaska magazine. She began her career in publishing at Women’s Sports and Fitness before garnering success as an editor-in-chief of three different national titles, the founder of one, and the author of three nonfiction books. Her feature essay in 5280 Magazine, "All That’s Left Is God," earned a GLAAD Media Award nomination and led to her critically acclaimed memoir, Teaching the Cat to Sit, about growing up gay and Catholic in the Texas Bible Belt.

About Lauren Ezzo

Lauren Ezzo is an experienced audiobook narrator and stage actor. Born and raised in Lansing, Michigan, she attended Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where she double majored in theatre and English.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on September 19, 2023

Michelle Theall's eye-opening, gritty, emotional, powerful, and beautifully rendered debut, THE WIND WILL CATCH YOU— is a poignant, heartbreaking coming-of-age story of social injustice and those caught up in the broken American foster care system. From tragedy, forgiveness, family, love, hope, rede......more

Goodreads review by Rosanna on September 18, 2023

Wow!! What a book! Absolutely loved this one! The gut wrenching story of Skye and Ben and how they seemed to persevere through it all! These characters were so likeable, and believable, I literally felt like I knew them. The book continually played out like a movie in my mind, with the story being s......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on September 16, 2023

Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Narration Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Content Warnings: - Language - Racism - Same sex relationship - Death of parents - Drug use A raw and emotional story about the brokenness of the foster care system and two orphans will to survive. From the beginning, I had this pegged as a 5 star re......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 18, 2023

This book is a gut punch right in the feels. It is the story of a brother and sister who end up in the foster care system, though their paths take uniquely different turns. They both make some bad choices, end up in predicaments they didn’t choose, but never, ever forget their sibling bond. It’s a l......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on March 02, 2023

Such an emotional book about the failings of a broken foster care system, a family’s will to survive, and the incredible bonds formed. I couldn’t put this book down. Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and author for an ARC of this book.......more

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