* An Instant New York Times Bestseller *
"Jandy Nelson is a true virtuoso . . . I am fervently in love with this brave, funny, tender, exuberant beating heart of a book." —Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Imogen, Obviously
The explosive novel that brims with love, secrets, and enchantment by Jandy Nelson, Printz Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of I’ll Give You the Sun
* This stunning first edition boasts brilliant blue sprayed edges, creating a sumptuous look for this dazzling saga. *
Years ago in California wine country, where the sun pours out of the sky and the hot devil winds blow the sense right out of your head, the three Fall siblings’ father mysteriously disappeared, breaking the family into pieces. Now Dizzy, age twelve, bakes cakes, sees spirits, and wishes she were the heroine of a romance novel. “Perfect Miles,” seventeen, the boy no one worries about (though everyone should) is adrift, only the neighbor’s dog aware that he dreams of other guys. And Wynton, nineteen, who raises the temperature of a room just by entering it, is a virtuoso violinist set on a crash course for fame . . . or self-destruction.
Then an enigmatic rainbow-haired girl shows up, tipping the Falls’ world over. She might be an angel. Or a saint. Or an ordinary girl. Somehow, she is vital to each of them. But before anyone can figure her out, catastrophe strikes, leaving the Falls more broken than ever.
With rivalries, road trips, family curses, and love stories upon love stories, this era-spanning epic explores the sorrows and joys passed from one generation to the next, as a family tries to rewrite their future.
“Sumptuous . . . Captivating . . . Luscious, start to finish.” —Shelf Awareness (starred review)
"Splendid and complex . . . Satisfying and soul-thrilling." —SLJ (starred review)
"Transcendently beautiful.” —Nina LaCour, author of We Are Okay
"[A] multigenerational epic sprinkled with magic . . . Profound." —PW (starred review)
“Jandy Nelson is a rare, explosive talent.” —Tahereh Mafi, author of the Shatter Me series
“A technicolor fever dream offering readers a sensory feast.” —Kirkus
"A gloriously intricate and expansive YA/adult crossover . . . Stunningly generous." —Just Imagine
“Sublime, intricate, and dazzling.” —Helena Fox, author of How It Feels to Float
"A complex, seductive YA heartbreaker.” —The Guardian
“Intoxicating. [Destined to] firmly lodge itself within many, many hearts.” —The Irish Times
"Magical and moving." —Common Sense Media
"Beautiful.” —Booklist
"Unforgettable." —The Observer
i feel so lucky
"i feel so lucky to have received an advanced digital copy. nelson is one of my favourite authors, so this was absolutely everything. thank you @penguinteenca and @jandy. nelson ❤️ her first publication since 2014, nelson returns with an emotional tale of road trips, a family curse, secrets, betrayals, generational joys and sorrows, and a dollop of magical realism. once i started reading, i struggled to put it down and by the end, all i wanted was to wrap myself in its beautiful narrative. . being told in multiple perspectives, there were lots of layers to unfold and resolve. i have a love/hate (mostly the latter) relationship with multiple povs, but nelson uses it to move the story along and i found that it also gave the narrative a kinetic energy which was impressive and thoroughly entertaining. this book is a masterclass on invisible strings. the plot, once fully realized, is an intricate tapestry with themes of family, identity, and other ties that bind."
