Struggling to balance the expectations of her immigrant mother with
her own deep ambivalence about her place in the world,
seventeen-year-old Ocean Sun takes her savings and goes off the
grid. A haunting and romantic novel about family, friendship,
philosophy, fitting in, and love from Amy Zhang, the acclaimed
author of Falling into Place and This Is Where the World Ends.
Ocean Sun has always felt an enormous pressure to succeed. After
struggling with depression during her senior year of high school,
Ocean moves to New York City, where she has been accepted at a
prestigious university. But Ocean feels so emotionally raw and
unmoored (and uncertain about what is real and what is not) that
she decides to defer and live off her savings until she can get
herself together. She also decides not to tell her mother (whom she
loves very much but doesn’t want to disappoint) that she is
deferring—at least until she absolutely must. In New York, Ocean
moves into an apartment with Georgie and Tashya, two strangers who
soon become friends, and gets a job tutoring. She also meets a
boy—Constantine Brave (a name that makes her laugh)—late one
night on the subway. Constant is a fellow student and a graffiti
artist, and Constant and Ocean soon start corresponding via Google
Docs—they discuss physics, philosophy, art, literature, and love.
But everything falls apart when Ocean goes home for Thanksgiving,
Constant reveals his true character, Georgie and Tashya break up,
and the police get involved. Ocean, Constant, Georgie, and Tashya
are all cartographers—mapping out their futures, their dreams,
and their paths toward adulthood in this stunning and heartbreaking
novel about finding the strength to control your own destiny. For
fans of Nina LaCour’s We Are Okay and Daniel Nayeri’s
Everything Sad Is Untrue.
General
Imprint: |
Greenwillow Books
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Amy Zhang
|
Dimensions: |
203 x 135mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-238308-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-06-238308-6 |
Barcode: |
9780062383082 |
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