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Amidst the crumbling yellow stone of Oxford and its prestigious university, secrets are stirring within the Lux family home . . . Jean, the constrained and guilt-ridden wife of an academic, is waiting for excitement – and it will come from an unexpected source. Eve, Jean's intelligent eldest daughter, luxuriates in wounded murderous jealousy of her younger sister and is on the brink of snapping. Raymond, the loathed rival of Jean's husband, begins to show interest in Eve. And Helena, Jean's best friend, has a confession, the revelation of which may just alter everyone's lives forever.

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.

Few of the eccentric inhabitants of her father's Main Line, Philadelphia, estate have much time for Fleur Robins, an awkward child with a devotion to her ailing grandfather, a penchant for flapping and whirling, and a preoccupation with God and the void. While her mother spends much of her time with her hand curled around a wine glass and her abusive father congratulates himself for rescuing babies from the devil abortionists, Fleur mourns the fallen petals of a rose and savors the patterns of light rippling across the pool.

Un collegio femminile in Svizzera, nell’Appenzell. Un’atmosfera di idillio e cattività. Arriva una "nuova": è bella, severa, perfetta, sembra che abbia già vissuto tutto. La protagonista – un’altra interna del collegio – si sente attratta da questa figura, che lascia intravedere qualcosa di quieto e terribile. E il terribile, a poco a poco, si scopre: è la terra di nessuno tra perfezione e follia. Lo stile limpido e nervoso, l’acutezza delle notazioni, l’intensità di questa storia fanno risuonare una corda segreta, quella che si nasconde nell’immaginario collegio da cui tutti siamo usciti.