behind the sky
by Megan Angharad Hunter
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Pub Date 1 Oct 2026 | Archive Date Not set
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Deian wants to be something that doesn’t exist: normal. He wants to feel things in the same way as everyone else, to ride the school bus without having a panic attack, to have real conversations with real friends and not imagined ones with dead artists.
Seventeen-year-old Anest has long abandoned her quest for normality. She doesn’t think she deserves to be here on this doomed planet, so doesn’t really care if everyone else thinks she’s weird and obnoxious (well, maybe everyone apart from that girl she can’t stop staring at in group therapy).
The two very different LGBTQIA+ teens meet at a psychiatric facility, but their friendship doesn't really take off until they find themselves stuck in the same toilet stall at a birthday party. They support each other unfailingly, but they’re unable to turn that same affection towards themselves and continue to grapple with the self-hatred that threatens to drown them.
Can Anest and Deian find a way to free themselves from the weight of normality and - together - realise that an entire sky of possibilities is waiting for them?
Advance Praise
‘The best, most powerful novel I’ve read in years. A masterpiece.’ Manon Steffan Ros
‘The best, most powerful novel I’ve read in years. A masterpiece.’ Manon Steffan Ros
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781917718363 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 352 |