Twenty-five-year-old Jason Sayer has lost his nerve. An unemployed Vanderbilt graduate who's temporarily taken up residence with his mother and her live-in boyfriend, Jason is adrift in the summery haze of suburban Knoxville. The narrative spans four months in Jason's life shortly after his return from a disillusioning journey to Australia in search of himself. Two generations off the farm, living in what he calls a "strip mall world," Jason grapples with his past as he searches for a way to make sense of the present and recapture his old confidence. In a witty, subversive voice, Jason traces the limits of the frayed formality of the New South, casting light on youthful aspirations lost and found. Fast-paced and funny, Majors' debut novel explores a twenty-something's reading of fractured family relationships, the raveling edges of friendships, and what's left of traditional spirituality in his life

"It’s as if Holden Caulfield has grown up, but not much changed, as if his intensity has become southern, rather than northeastern. Full of dazzling energy." – Liza Wieland

"This is a book with a wallop. It could be the definitive slacker novel." – Lee K. Abbott 

"Majors’s insights into human relations and youth are a jolt of truth." – Janice Daugharty

"Swimming in Sky is such a rich book that it's near impossible to figure out how to dive in to define it" – Austin Chronicle

"Majors tells this engaging story with considerable insight and compassion...An accomplished first novel." – Library Journal

"(Jason Sayer) guides us through the landscape of an emerging new Knoxville with searing wit and devastating insight."—Ace Weekly

"A promising debut." – Bookpage

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