{"product_id":"summer-bird-blue-paperback","title":"Summer Bird Blue - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAkemi Dawn Bowman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A lyrical novel about grief, love, and finding oneself in the wake of a tragic loss.\" --\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Gorgeous prose and heartbreaking storytelling.\" --\u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Grabs your heart and won't let go.\" --\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree starred reviews for this stunning novel about a mixed-race teen who struggles to find her way back to her love of music in the wake of her sister's death, from the author of the William C. Morris Award finalist \u003ci\u003eStarfish\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn't have the answers to everything. What to eat, where to go, whom to love. But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of--she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen Lea dies in a car accident, and her mother sends her away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while she deals with her own grief. Now thousands of miles from home, Rumi struggles to navigate the loss of her sister, being abandoned by her mother, and the absence of music in her life. With the help of the \"boys next door\"--a teenage surfer named Kai, who smiles too much and doesn't take anything seriously, and an eighty-year-old named George Watanabe, who succumbed to his own grief years ago--Rumi attempts to find her way back to her music, to write the song she and Lea never had the chance to finish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAching, powerful, and unflinchingly honest, \u003ci\u003eSummer Bird Blue \u003c\/i\u003eexplores big truths about insurmountable grief, unconditional love, and how to forgive even when it feels impossible.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkemi Dawn Bowman is a critically acclaimed author who writes across genres. Her novels have received multiple accolades and award nominations, and her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eStarfish\u003c\/i\u003e, was a William C. Morris Award Finalist. She has a BA in social sciences from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and currently lives in Scotland with her husband and two children. She overthinks everything, including this bio. Visit Akemi online at AkemiDawnBowman.com, or on Instagram @AkemiDawnBowman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769602244896,"sku":"9781481487764","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5364f131eeed2f11758ae303f49bfb62.webp?v=1780351716","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/summer-bird-blue-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}