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About The Astonishing Color Of After
Product Description "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."--John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down An instant New York Times bestseller, this stunning, heartbreaking novel about grief, love, and family is 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 hermaternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined tofind her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing afterghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship withher grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secretcrush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life. Alternating between reality and magic, past and present, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a luminous debut novel about finding oneself through family history, art, bravery, and love. Review Praise for The Astonishing Color of After: A New York Times bestseller An IndieBound bestseller Bustle Best of YA Books of 2018 A Paste Magazine Best Young Adult Novel of 2018 Winner of the Walter Honor Award Winner of the APALA Honor Award "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."― John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down "Magic and mourning, love and loss, secrets kept and secrets revealed all illuminate Emily X.R. Pan's inventive and heart-wrenching debut."― Gayle Forman, bestselling author of If I Stay and I Was Here "Emily X.R. Pan utterly transported me to a world reminiscent of Isabel Allende. Haunting at every turn, this is a glorious debut."― p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}Renée Ahdieh, bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn "An extraordinary debut from a fiercely talented writer."― p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}Nova Ren Suma, bestselling author of The Walls Around Us "This beautiful, magical journey through grief made my heart take flight."― p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}Holly Black, bestselling author of The Cruel Prince and The Darkest Part of the Forest "The Astonishing Color of After works a delicate magic. Its portrayal of grief is deeply felt, and so too is its deliciously tricky romance. I loved this book."― p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}Marie Rutkoski, bestselling author of The Winner's Curse "My heart has never been more pleasantly devastated. A raw and brilliant debut."― p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}Roshani Chokshi, bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen "lyrical and suspenseful"― The New York Times Book Review "In this dazzling debut, author Emily X.R. Pan has created a spellbinding narrative about love, family, and what it means to grieve."― Bustle * "Dynamic, brave Leigh emerges vividly in Pan's deft hand, and her enthralling journey through her grief glows with stunning warmth, strength, and resilience."― Booklist, starred review * "Pan's emotionally charged debut is a compelling exploration of grief and the insidiousness of depression."― Publishers Weekly, starred review * "Pan's debut novel is not to be missed."― School Library Journal, starred review * "This novel is as elegant as it is mesmerizing."― VOYA, starred review * "Pan offers an extraordinary journey that proves real, surreal, and wholly magical."― Shelf Awareness * "[The novel] pushes the readers' expectations in beautiful and interesting ways."― School Library Con
