{"product_id":"the-astonishing-color-of-after-3","title":"The Astonishing Color of After","description":"\"Emily X.R. Pan's brilliantly crafted, harrowing first novel portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heart-wrenching beauty and candor. This is a very special book.\"\n--John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down\nAn instant New York Times bestseller, this stunning, heartbreaking novel about grief, love, and family is perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Celeste Ng.\nLeigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.\nLeigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.\nAlternating between reality and magic, past and present, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a luminous debut novel about finding oneself through family history, art, bravery, and love.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 031646399X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.031646399X.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pan, Emily X.R.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. The dust jacket is missing. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47784695857329,"sku":"RDV.031646399X.VG","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/031646399X-0_fb999507-4c61-4c9f-8548-9b9999a1d7cd.jpg?v=1785294060","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/the-astonishing-color-of-after-3","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}