Agent: Michael Bourret, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. The subtlety and ambiguity of the supernatural elements place this story in the realm of magical realism, full of ghosts and complex feelings and sending an undeniable message about the power of hope and inner strength.
Genres Young AdultContemporaryMagical RealismFantasy FictionMental HealthRomance. Her narrator, an artist by nature, sees the world through a colorful, complicated lens, and the novel is steeped in its Taiwanese setting. Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love. Pan’s emotionally charged debut is a compelling exploration of grief and the insidiousness of depression. At the same time, flashbacks illuminate Leigh’s complicated relationship with her best friend Axel, whom she kissed the day her mother died. Convinced that her mother has been reincarnated as a great red bird and eager to understand what happened, Leigh looks for symbols and meaning in the world around her a stack of incense sticks grants her visions that allow insight into her mother’s past and family history. The Astonishing Color of After Themes The Role of Memory in Processing Grief Pan’s novel engages with the processing, storage, and purpose of memories, particularly as they relate to the management of grief.
to Taiwan, where she hopes to come to terms with the tragedy while getting to know the maternal grandparents she has never met. In the wake of her mother’s suicide, 15-year-old Leigh travels from the U.S.
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