The author shares her life her difficult childhood on to her first marriage.She marries again they become Buddhists and she shares what this means to her.Then-her husband gets terminally I’ll and she is open about their marriage .Well written intimate I was drawn in from beginning to end.#netgalley #shewritespress

This was a very interesting book that I really enjoyed. I just loved how much culture there was in this book. I have definitely learnt more about Japanese culture from this book which really made me happy. I found it very interesting learning about enlightenment and Buddhism. The author has obviously lived a very interesting and very hard life. I applaud her for writing this book which must of been very emotional to write. The author has lived a terrible and shocking childhood which really shows how resilient she is and still becoming such a wonderful person. I enjoyed every second of thos book as it was so well wrote. It flowed so well it definitely makes for a page turning book. I really do recommend reading this book if you love autobiography about overcoming adversities. I felt that this book taught me some useful life lessons and helped to empower me. If this author could get through her difficult life then so can I. Its a very inspiring book. I loved the simplicity of the front cover its just so beautiful. I was so engrossed in this book that I lost track of time and ended up reading it all in one sitting. It is one of those books that will stay with you for some time.

So much praise goes out to the author and publishing team for bringing us such an inspiring story that can teach us some great life lessons. No matter how hard life can be if this author can get through her own difficulties then I'm sure I can manage mind. Thank you so much kyomi and please write more. I will definitely be looking out for more great books from this talented author. 

The above review has already been placed on goodreads, waterstones, Google books, Barnes&noble, kobo, amazon UK where found and my blog https://ladyreading365.wixsite.com/website/post/a-sky-of-infinite-blue-by-kyomi-o-connor-she-writes-press-4-stars either under my name or ladyreading365

A Sky of Infinite Blue is a memoir of a woman who has faced more than her fair share of hardships, heartache and adversity.
O’Connor never felt love and accepted in her childhood in Japan. After a failed marriage, she moved to the US and found Patrick.
Much of her story involves her husband’s painful diagnosis and the terrible aftermath until his death.
The author shares a lot about Buddhism. I’m more interested in her life story and skimmed the spirituality part.
I hope she has found peace in her life.

Very interesting talk about this girl's wife name KYOMIS. Her early childhood was very hard because her older sister got everything and her younger sister out of her room she was caught in the middle. Her mother was very unkind to her and her father was very splendid office. She tried to be very helpful and do everything in the right way but people just do not understand her. She helped him around all the time. Her grandmother was very cool to her because When she came over she would always bring nice gifts for the oldest one and she would get a lesson gift. She tried to be brave about it and then she went on with her life.. Her father wanted her to be dentist She did not want this but she went along with the player. She was very independent to very care of herself but when she got older she met this man who was not very nice to her. This point in the story her father left to go with another woman. In Japan women were treated like 2nd class citizens. KYONIS try to raise bill this when she decided she was going to United States. She had felt free now because she didn't have other strengths and she left her exhaustion behind. She meets a man named Patrick and then. Somehow they fall in love because he helps her out and then shows her what you can do. And they got married she was more sensitive breadwinner so they decided to To San Diego for his career. He was working very hard for a pharmaceutical company and it was putting a lot of pressure on him. So she decided to cut back on the work to help him out like any Japanese woman would do. Then you're going to decide to join a Buddhist sect and they got really involved in that and that really kind of helped things out. And then Patrick got sick and you can see how generally she took care of him as you got sick around sicker Isn't interesting book because there's a lot of things and stuff like that you can relate to

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

I am not new to memoirs. I recently had come across a wholehearted novel about one's own experiences. This novel brought out thoughts and the wisdom of seeking religion in helping one overcome anything. The pain and sorrow the author conveyed were all heartfelt.

I think I was expecting this book to be more about the Japanese author's adjustment to her life in America, which I would have found very interesting. There were many parts I really liked, including the descriptions of the author's childhood in Japan and her dysfunctional family, her meeting and early happiness with her husband, Patrick, a British cancer researcher, and her return to Japan to make peace with her dying father and rekindle her relationship with her family. What I liked much less, though, took up huge portions of the book. First, there are long sections about her and her husband's religious journey with a Buddhist sect that came across as a bit cult-like. Then, I found it quite jarring how, after describing Patrick as the perfect partner for the first half of the book, the author starts becoming so unhappy with him that she contemplates divorce. It seems to me that changes in his personality were probably caused by the fact that Patrick was was suffering from metastatic melanoma of the brain, and I was baffled that neither the doctors nor Patrick, as a cancer researcher, figured this out sooner. For the rest of the book, then, Patrick's disease, treatment, and decline are described in excruciating detail and at great length. I'm sure that living through this difficult and sad time was excruciating for the author and I can understand how it would be cathartic for her to work through it by writing about it. However, the more I thought about it in the days after finishing the book, the more it disturbed me that so many private details of Patrick's medical struggles were made public, almost to the point of robbing him of his dignity. Since the book was actually quite well written, I would still recommend it to library patrons who have a special interest in Buddhism or accounts of terminal cancer, but for the most part, this book turned out not to be for me. Thanks to NetGalley and She Writes Press for an e-ARC of this book.

My heart goes out to the author and the troubled life she has led. Though she seems to be telling a tale of how religion supported her through her many difficulties, I found it odd that she never really gave the reader the name of her religion or any concrete information. I'd think some readers might want to know. Otherwise, it sort of makes you wonder if this is a cult or something legitimate. I hope that writing this book brings her closure. It feels almost too intimate at times and I wonder if she has a particular audience in mind for readership.

Not my cup of tea, really, but no doubt some will find it worth reading. The writing flows just fine and I did finish it despite feeling squeamish at some parts.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.