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During the golden age of the Roman Empire, five girls enjoy a modest childhood in their small Portuguese village until soldiers abduct them and they are suddenly forced to confront long-buried secrets that reveal their lives to be anything but ordinary . . .
An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rebelling against an era that relies on their submission, We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky is bursting at the seams with abstract miracles, devastating tenderness, hope, desire, treachery, and life and death in all their glory.
"Even with themes of death, suppression, separation and starvation, Hooper keeps a sense of lightness and humour. There is fierce bravery presented in myriad forms, whether it is to run from a life you don’t want, fight back, find a home, or love." -- The Globe and Mail