A Step from Heaven Themes

A Step From Heaven is all about being literal, especially when it comes to violence. This book is definitely not for people who can only handle metaphorical violence. Characters (females, especiall...

Passivity in A Step From Heaven isn't so much about an ingrained character trait as much as it's a state the characters are violently forced into by an abusive patriarch. It's also a state that the...

If you're looking for a father-knows-best-type of story, then you've picked up the wrong book—A Step From Heaven is about as far away from the classic, suburban, American household as you can get...

Duty: if that sounds like a heavy concept to you, then you're on point—especially in regards to A Step From Heaven. Duty is the opposite of fun and games in this book because it's all about what...

Foreignness in A Step From Heaven isn't just about being an immigrant and a minority in America, although it is definitely a lot about those two things. The novel goes deeper, though, and explores...

Is God great or is God just a story passed onto kids so that they don't just give up on life? A Step From Heaven definitely has a love-hate relationship with religious faith, especially Christianit...

While some parts of A Step From Heaven come down pretty hard on the male half of the human race, this novel is more interested in how grandmothers, mothers, daughters, girlfriends—a.k.a. girls an...

All you need to know about how dreams and hopes figure into A Step From Heaven is in the title. It might sound all ethereal and light, but it's a step from heaven, not to heaven. So basically this...