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Her first novel under this unbroken sky won a 2010 commonwealth writers prize and other awards. Under this unbroken sky kindle edition by mitchell. In the spring of 1938, teodor mykolayenko returns to his family after nearly two years in prison for the crime of trying to feed them. The story of an immigrant family trying to build a life in an unforgiving new world, under this unbroken sky is a mesmer. Gcplreaders book journal 2011jennys beginnings club.
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