Young Adult Fiction.
Young Adult Literature.
HTML:A stunning, heartbreaking debut novel about grief, love, and family, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Celeste Ng. Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. /> Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life. Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a stunning and heartbreaking novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love. "Emily X.R. Pan's brilliantly crafted, harrowing first novel portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heart-wrenching beauty and candor. This is a very special book."â??John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down… (más)
Hay una cosa de la que Leigh Chen Sanders está absolutamente segura: cuando su madre murió, se convirtió en un pájaro.
Leigh, que es mitad asiática y mitad blanca, viaja a Taiwán para ver por primera vez a sus abuelos maternos. Allà espera encontrar a su madre, el pájaro. En su búsqueda puede que acabe persiguiendo fantasmas, revelando secretos familiares y forjando nuevas relaciones. Y mientras tanto deberá intentar reconciliarse con la idea de que en el mismo momento en que por fin besó a su mejor amigo, Axel, su madre se estaba quitando la vida.
Young Adult Fiction.
Young Adult Literature.
HTML:A stunning, heartbreaking debut novel about grief, love, and family, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Celeste Ng. Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life. Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a stunning and heartbreaking novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love. "Emily X.R. Pan's brilliantly crafted, harrowing first novel portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heart-wrenching beauty and candor. This is a very special book."â??John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down
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Leigh, que es mitad asiática y mitad blanca, viaja a Taiwán para ver por primera vez a sus abuelos maternos. Allà espera encontrar a su madre, el pájaro. En su búsqueda puede que acabe persiguiendo fantasmas, revelando secretos familiares y forjando nuevas relaciones. Y mientras tanto deberá intentar reconciliarse con la idea de que en el mismo momento en que por fin besó a su mejor amigo, Axel, su madre se estaba quitando la vida.
El asombroso color del después es una novela preciosa sobre la familia, el arte, el amor, la pérdida y la identidad que alterna entre realidad y magia, pasado y presente, desesperación y esperanza.