Things that Fall from the Sky, Selja Ahava
Things that Fall from the Sky, Selja Ahava
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Things that Fall from the Sky

Author: Selja Ahava, Emily Jeremiah, Fleur Jeremiah

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Unabridged: 5 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2019


Synopsis

One quirk of fate can send life spiralling in the most unexpected direction…Things that Fall from the Sky is a stunning narrative that explores the unexpected and inexplicable nature of reality.Three lives are changed forever by a series of random events: a young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky; a woman wins the jackpot twice; and a man is struck by lightning four times. Selja Ahava weaves together these unique stories in a charming, one-of-a-kind tale about just how far people will go to force life into a logical pattern they can make sense of.Things that Fall from the Sky is a story of everyday life. But it is also a meditation on the passing of time, the endurance of love and the pain of loss. This prize-winning novel by one of Finland’s best-loved writers is now touching readers’ hearts all over the world, painting an unforgettable picture of the unforeseen twists and turns that can define a lifetime.

About Selja Ahava

Selja Ahava is a novelist and screenwriter. Her acclaimed debut novel The Day the Whale Swam through London (2010) was nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Literary Prize, and won the Laura Hirvisaari Prize (the Bookseller’s Literary Prize) in 2010. Her second novel, Things that Fall from the Sky won the EU Prize for Literature in 2016, and was nominated for the Finlandia Prize and the Tulenkantajat Prize.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lark

Some people are going to love this book. There are many brief scenes of exquisite and particular wonder, and the characters are deeply lovable. For instance there is a scene of a woman hand-making felt from wool, a scene that is full of physicality, and with the joy of making things by hand, and it'......more

Gökten Düşen Şeyler, aniden meydana gelen öngörülemeyen şeyler ve şans hakkında hüzünlü ve melankolik noktaları olan merak uyandırıcı bir hikaye. Bazen insan yanlış zamanda yanlış bir yerdedir ve o noktadan sonra hayat sonsuza kadar değişir. Kitap sekiz yaşındaki Saara’nın annesinin çatıdan düşen bir......more

We don’t always know what’s going to happen to us in this world. Little Saara learns that when her mother is unexpectedly killed when a block of ice falls from the sky. Her Aunt Annu unexpectedly wins the lottery – twice. And Harnish MacKay is expectedly struck by lightning five times. That’s all I......more

Goodreads review by Kuszma

Mint a gyertyaláng, olyan a lét, bizony. Gyanútlanul sétálsz az utcán, erre beléd csap egy villám. A fejedre esik egy zongora. Egy tetőcserép. Egy repülőről lezuhanó turbinadarab. És akkor kérdezgetheted, hogy ezt ugyan miért? Mi értelme van ennek? Ki a felelős? Ki a gyilkos? Poirot közben a bajuszá......more

Ārkārtīgi aizkustinoša grāmata. Vajadzētu būt skumjai, bet tā iemanās būt aizraujoša. Par Sāru, kuras mammai trāpīja no debesīm nokritis ledus gabals, par Erkilu Puaro, kurš vienmēr atrod risinājumu un izklāsta to bibliotēkas istabā zināmam skaitam klātesošo, par Alisi Brīnumzemē, kura izaug nesamērī......more


Quotes

"Erin Bennett's performance of Ahava's audiobook is wide ranging; she's able to convey childlike wonder, as well as the deeper wounds of adulthood."
AudioFile Magazine