Description
Book SynopsisAgainst a Darkening Sky was originally published in 1943. Set in a semirural community south of San Francisco, it is the story of an American mother of the mid-1930s and the sustaining influence she brings, through her own profound strength and faith, to the lives of her four growing children.
Trade Review“
Against a Darkening Sky has the quality of a moving tone poem, with the conflict expressed through the exploration of a woman’s heart and mind. The writing has the same high quality of serenity as the splendid woman it portrays.” * The New York Times *
“Almost half a century before the silicon chip, Janet Lewis had written about ecological disaster, ‘the incoherent civilization emerging from the physical wilderness.’ (
Against a Darkening Sky is the) story of the violent accidents and unhappy love affairs which pound the quiet life of a house-wife living in a Santa Clara orchard.” * Virginia Quarterly Review *
