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The Astonishing Color of After

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內容簡介 一個15歲亞裔女孩為尋找母親自殺的原因，回到了故鄉台灣，意外揭露了家族秘密...在尋找的過程中，與Leigh共同經歷，在坦率下所感受到的錐心之痛…對Leigh而言，自殺而死的母親，只是幻化成一隻鳥，這是無庸置疑的事情！Leigh是亞裔白人混血兒，她來到台灣，第一次與外祖父母見面，同時，Leigh也下定決心，要找到由媽媽化身的那隻鳥。一個介於真實與魔幻、過去與現在、友情與愛情、希望與絕望的追尋故事，找尋自己的過程，所看到的家族歷史、當中的愛與感傷，有多麼令人悲痛… "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 DownA stunning, heartbreaking debut novel about grief, love, and family, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Celeste Ng.An APALA Honor BookA Walter Award Honor BookLeigh 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."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Emily X.R. Pan currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, but was originally born in the Midwestern United States to immigrant parents from Taiwan. She received her MFA in fiction from the NYU Creative Writing Program, where she was a Goldwater Fellow. She is the founding editor-in-chief of Bodega Magazine, and a 2017 Artist-in-Residence at Djerassi. The Astonishing Color of After is her first novel. Visit Emily online at exrpan.com, and find her on Twitter and Instagram:@exrpan.

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