How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss

How Much Big Is the Sky is a mothers searingly melodic and eloquent love song to her teenage son Ryan following his sudden death resulting from a car crash. Sherry Chapman captures the intimacy and immediacy of her experience with a rare combination of profound tenderness literary skill and raw candor. Written in the first person present tense over a period of several years this stunning account of love and loss is structured in five parts resembling the various stages of grief. From the sudden blow of an early morning phone call to a mothers frantic advocacy to her final reflections on what remains this book is unforgettable.