Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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 The Vanishing Half. 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. 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. 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. As the sisters navigate this unexpected summer an explosive secret threatens to break apart their relationship once and for all. This Place Is Still Beautiful 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.
Title: This Place Is Still Beautiful
Author(s): Tian Xixi
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063086029
Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/7/2022