Between Sea and Sky

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Female Empowerment, Inspirational, Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Short Stories

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Feb 24, 2026

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Between Sea and Sky

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From remote shores to shadowed swamps, women find strength where the world forgets to look.

A young woman crosses continents in a desperate bid to rescue a childhood friend from the confines of an abuse-induced agoraphobia. Under cover of night, an octogenarian sneaks out of her home and goes on the run in a last-ditch attempt to escape those who would make her age a cage. A grandmother seeks connection with a grandchild taken before she was ever known. Women find their strength amid the loss of children, grandchildren, of their own agency and sense of self. With the lyrical language and keen sense of place that readers of Marshall's novels have come to know, these stories transport the reader from the wilds of remote Scottish islands to the swamps of South Carolina.

These are tales of outsiders, of survivors connecting deeply with the natural world—with seas and skies and what lies between. As they battle fear, abuse, mental illness and oppressive societal norms, each of their tales offers us hope and a guide to ways of claiming our fullness even in the most challenging circumstances.

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"Warm and rich, full of emotion and human experience… gifts for the soul."

- Maureen Nery, author of Saving Grace

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Genres

Female Empowerment, Inspirational, Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Short Stories

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Publication Date

Feb 24, 2026

Page Length

166 pages

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Author

Heather G. Marshall is an adoptee, author, speaker, teacher, coach, and traveler. Her short fiction has been published in a variety of journals, including Black Middens: New Writing Scotland, and Quarried, an anthology of the best of three decades of Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel. Her first novel, The Thorn Tree, released in 2014 (MP Publishing). Her TED talk, “Letting Go of Expectations,” centers around her adoption and reunion. Her second novel, When the Ocean Flies (Vine Leaves Press) will be published in February, 2024. Originally from Scotland, Heather is currently based in Massachusetts.

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Vine Leaves Press