In The Night Sky, Mary Morris tells the story of Ivy Slovak, a single mother struggling to provide for her infant son while coping with childhood memories of abandonment by her own mother. While Ivy's story invokes memories from the past and struggles of the present, the night sky holds within it dreams yet to be realized. With quiet eloquence and deep compassion, The Night Sky establishes Mary Morris as one of the foremost chroniclers of the secrets and strengths of the human spirit.