Despite having everything she could ask for, Janet A. Wilson couldn’t shake a sense of emptiness in her life—or her desire to return to the continent of her birth. After much back-and-forth, she and her husband agreed that they would embark on a daring adventure, driving 25,000 miles across Africa. What they couldn’t anticipate then was how this trip would challenge almost every belief, opinion, and value they held.
Over the course of their journey, Janet and her husband collided with the world and each other. There were tears and laughter. They shared thrilling highlights and challenges that forced them to negotiate and cooperate with one another. After a heartbreaking tragedy and Janet’s arrest, they made critical decisions that transformed their relationship, bringing them to a level of trust and commitment they had never before experienced. Ultimately, this led them to a deeper understanding of their place in the world—and each other’s lives.
“Exceptionally candid…yet universally appealing memoir that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf.” —Midwest Book Review
“A thought-provoking pleasure…vulnerability, and precision of language give power to her considerations of heartbreaks and joys in a relationship. All You’ll See is Sky suggests that relationships work not because of what happens to couples, but because of how couples choose to handle what they’re facing.” —BookLife Review.
Truly shocking, you’ll never forget this powerful book of growth, grief, and healing.” —Lucinda Jackson, author of Just a Girl and Project Escape.
Wilson weaves an authentic and suspenseful tale capturing what it means to find the grace within the grit that confronts all of us.” —Stephanie Raffelock, author of A Delightful Little Book On Aging and Creatrix Rising
“Prose is clear, rich, from the heart, and opens a window into another world…and exposes the complicated and emotional knot what constitutes a true partnership.” —Annie Chappell, author of Away Up The North Fork: A Girl Search for Home in the Wilderness
“Vivid, raw in its candor, and sensitive to the broad diversity of cultures and people…speaks profound truths about responsibility and compassion, intimacy and connection.”—Marlena Maduro Baraf, author of At the Narrow Waist of the World
“With honesty and humility… and set against the beautiful backdrop of the land and the people of Africa…is a gripping and enjoyable read.” —Vicki Cody, author of Army Wife and Fly Safe
ROUTE FROM CAPE TO CAIRO
We began our journey at Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa, where the Indian and Atlantic oceans collide. We turned North, towards the West Coast, before heading to the East Coast and finally north to Cairo in Egypt.
