Two Suns in the Sky is a complex novel in which Bat-Ami spins a poignant love story that captures the culture clash characteristic of post-World War II America.

Chris Cook is a Catholic girl who lives in Oswego, New York, and Adam Bornstein is a Yugoslavian Jew who fled to Rome under threat of persecution, then escaped to America after Italy was liberated. The lives and experiences of these two characters could not be more different. But though Chris and Adam come from different worlds, they experience universal emotions.

The first chapter begins with Chris, and we find out quickly that she is bored living in a small town and that she is experiencing the restlessness typical of fifteen-year-old girls. She longs for adventure, she longs for romance. Chris says that she is fed up with the boys her age and that she wants...