This Place Is Still Beautiful

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<p><b>With five starred reviews, this is an acclaimed novel about sisterhood, family, and the pernicious legacy of racism. Perfect for fans of Tahereh Mafi, Jandy Nelson, and Emily X.R. Pan, with crossover appeal for readers of Brit Bennett’s <i>The Vanishing Half.</i></b></p><p>The Flanagan sisters are as different as they come. Seventeen-year-old Annalie is bubbly, sweet, and self-conscious, whereas nineteen-year-old Margaret is sharp and assertive. Margaret looks just like their mother, while Annalie passes for white and looks like the father who abandoned them years ago, leaving their Chinese immigrant mama to raise the girls alone in their small, predominantly white Midwestern town.</p><p>When their house is vandalized with a shocking racial slur, Margaret rushes home from her summer internship in New York City. She expects outrage. Instead, her sister and mother would rather move on. Especially once Margaret’s own investigation begins to make members of their community uncomfortable.</p><p>For Annalie, this was meant to be a summer of new possibilities, and she resents her sister’s sudden presence and insistence on drawing negative attention to their family. Meanwhile Margaret is infuriated with Annalie’s passive acceptance of what happened. For Margaret, the summer couldn’t possibly get worse, until she crosses paths with someone she swore she’d never see again: her first love, Rajiv Agarwal.</p><p>As the sisters navigate this unexpected summer, an explosive secret threatens to break apart their relationship, once and for all.</p><p><i>This Place Is Still Beautiful</i> is a luminous, captivating story about identity, sisterhood, and how our hometowns are inextricably a part of who we are, even when we outgrow them.</p><p></p><ul><li><b>Sisters with Opposite Personalities:</b> Annalie wants a quiet summer of possibilities, but her activist sister Margaret is home and determined to find out who targeted their family, no matter the cost.</li><li><b>Powerful YA S

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780063086036

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

199 x 132 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

HarperCollins