“In unsentimental but intimate detail, a collection of stories peels back stereotypes about the lives of women in the past.…In spare but evocative prose, Holladay skillfully and subtly re-creates those earlier times while making clear their parallels to the present.…Women and girls often overlooked by history are given compelling voices in this collection.” —Kirkus Reviews

“…[Imagines] the lives of women who participated, unnamed, in so much of American history. Backed by a beautiful sense of place.”—Garden & Gun

“Holladay moves with such ease in and out of time, in and out of such a diversity of hearts, that you feel you’re under the spell of a guide who knows the secrets of all the old houses on the street…Her tour is brilliantly imagined, deeply felt, and beautifully told.” —Tim Johnston, author of Descent

“One after another, the pieces collected here startle and illuminate.” —Lorraine López, author of The Darling

“Brides in the Sky is a masterful sweep of time and imagination…These stories span centuries, livelihoods, and the great dimension of Holladay’s impressive creativity and heart.” —Jim Minick, author of Fire Is Your Water

Galleys to national and regional media; author tour in Southeast; reviews forthcoming in Chapter16.org, Necessary Fiction, and elsewhere; conference representation at AWP in Portland