A Sky of Infinite Blue
A Japanese Immigrant's Search for Home and Self
by Kyomi O'Connor
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Pub Date 6 Sep 2022 | Archive Date 25 Aug 2022
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Description
“Beautiful Story of endurance and hope, reminding women to seek the same. Wonderful cover design and layout. The author's ability to inspire readers is exceptional.”—Tisha Martin, Next Generation Indie Book Award Judge
From an early age, Kyomi’s life was filled with emotional difficulties—an adulterous father, an overreliant mother, and a dismissive extended family. In an effort to escape the darkness of her existence in Japan, Kyomi moved to the States in February 1990 to start a new life as a researcher working at NIH in Bethesda, MD. Soon, she fell in love with her husband-to-be: Patrick, a warm, charismatic British cancer researcher whose unconditional love and support helped her begin to heal the traumas of her past. Eventually, their journey together led them to change their careers and move to San Diego, CA, where they dedicated themselves to a Buddhism practice that changed both their lives—aiding them in their spiritual growth and in realizing their desire to help others.
Then Patrick was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic melanoma in the brain—and, after a fierce, three-year-long battle against his cancer, died on July 4, 2016. Devastated, Kyomi spent a year lost in grief. But when she one day began to write, she discovered that doing so allowed her to uncover truths about herself, her life history, and her relationship with Patrick. In the process, she surfaced many old, unhealed wounds—but ultimately writing became her daily spiritual practice, and many truths emerged out of the darkness. After many years of struggle and searching, Kyomi finally found the love and light that had existed within her all along.
Advance Praise
A Sky of Infinite Blue is like a beautiful piece of music, complex in its harmonies as she peels back the layers of her psyche and her relationship to her beloved husband. Her writing is courageous; she never shies away from telling the truth about her personal struggles and the difficulties of her marriage.
--Cindy Rasicot, author of Finding Venerable Mother
Kyomi’s poetic and beautiful memoir is a deeply authentic story of her journey to become whole, to claim herself. Her story invites us all to go into the core of our Being and find the spiritual truths that guide us through dark nights of the soul, allow us to see the light.
--Linda Joy Myers, President of the National Association of Memoir Writers, author of Don’t Call Me Mother and Song of the Plains, and two books on the craft of memoir
“This story dramatically begins with the end: the loss of a best friend, lover, and husband. A fascinating page-turner; many lessons can be learned in this tale of passion, friendship, and determination where a bright side to sadness is found. A joy to read and a compelling memoir I didn’t want to end.”
–Marian Young, Senior Investigator at the National Institutes of Health
“Kyomi’s memoir grips your heart from the first words of the prologue and doesn’t let go. It is a love story between Kyomi and her partner, her faith, her very essence of self, and the broader human experience. While deeply personal, it shares truths of the human spirit that are so universal, one cannot help but feel a connection to her paradoxically unique and yet fundamentally common humanity. She fearlessly and genuinely shares her courage and her pain, inspiring all of us to “turn our scars and wounds into treasures.”
–Dr. Donna L. Roberts, Fellow of the Royal Arts Society, professor at ERAU, and author of a dozen of the anthology books, Chicken Soup for the Soul, as well as Psych Pstuff, four academic books, and others
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781647422271 |
| PRICE | US$17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 312 |
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