To the English teachers of Benton-Van Horne and Iowa State University’s MFA program of Creative Writing and Environment: Thank you for tossing fuel on the creative fire.
To my editor Sean Riley: You fought for Kaye and made me truly understand her, along with Samuel. I appreciate your insight.
To Elizabeth Harper and the Omnific Publishing staff: Thank you for your respect, time and care in making this book “shine.” You’ve taken something significant to me and made it significant to you, too.
To Nina Bocci: I’m glad to have your talents for this book. You are fabulous.
To Amy Plummer: Thank you for having my back.
To Jenny, the poet: You were the first to tackle these pages with the “red pen of honesty.” Thank you for helping to shape this tale. The world needs to see your moving words and stories.
To Team WTFISGOINGON and the online community: Thank you for your enthusiasm and endless patience these past years. You made me want to keep writing.
Lastly, and most importantly, thank you to the brave and beautiful souls who allowed me to interview them, shared their victories and pains, and helped me to glimpse what it is like to live and love with mental illness. Kaye and Samuel belong to you.
About the Author
Sarah Latchaw was raised in eastern Iowa and appreciates beauty in mud-splattered gravel roads and fields. She also loves to explore faraway places, thanks to countless family minivan trips across the States. This passion for finding stories led to college adventures in many different countries, and each place’s story rests in the back of her mind and in her photo albums.
Sarah received her BA in public relations and media from Wartburg College and entered the workforce ready to climb the ladder. However, when researching MBA applications evoked feelings of dread, with the loving support of her husband, she pursued a career in creative writing and was awarded her MA from Iowa State University.
These days, Sarah wakes every morning thrilled to cuddle her small children, show them the world, then capture that world and shape it into stories on paper. She is not thrilled when she wakes to her cats smothering her face. She and her family reside in Des Moines, Iowa—one of the best places to live and work.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Information
Dedication
Skygods
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
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Acknowledgments
About the Author
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