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Jenny Torres Sanchez
Because of the Sun
Ausgezeichnet: Florida Book Award 2017
2017. 272 S. 8.6300 in
Verlag/Jahr: RANDOM HOUSE US; DELACORTE PRESS 2017
ISBN: 0-399-55145-X (039955145X)
Neue ISBN: 978-0-399-55145-1 (9780399551451)
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"An absorbing page-turner, equal parts light and dark, and filled with the sweetest, swooniest ache. Everyone needs to read Jenny Torres Sanchez. Now." -JENNIFER NIVEN, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe
From the backyards of suburban Florida to the parched desert of New Mexico, Because of the Sun explores the complexity of family, the saving grace of friendship, and the healing that can begin when the truth is brought to light.
Dani learned to tolerate her existence in suburban Florida with her brash and seemingly unloving mother by embracing the philosophy Why care? It will only hurt. So when her mother is killed in a sudden and violent manner, Dani goes into an even deeper protection mode: total numbness. Itīs the only way she can go on.
But when Dani chooses The Stranger by Albert Camus as summer reading for school, it feels like fate. The main characterīs alienation after his motherīs death mirrors her own.
Daniīs life is thrown into further turmoil when she is sent to New Mexico to live with an aunt she never knew she had. The awkwardness between them is palpable. To escape, Dani takes long walks in the merciless heat. One day, she meets Paulo, who understands how much Dani is hurting. Although she is hesitant at first, a mutual trust and affection develops between them. And as she and her aunt begin to connect, Dani learns about her motherīs past. Forgiving isnīt easy, but maybe itīs the only way to move forward.
"Sanchez expertly conjures the eerie sense of being a stranger in oneīs own life." -Michael L. Printz Honor Winner JENNY HUBBARD
"[An] emotional, beautiful novel about loss and forgiveness, love and hate." -LAUREN GIBALDI, author of Autofocus
"The authorīs dreamlike language is at once beautiful and brutal. This lyrical coming-of-age story effectively explores the complicated nature of love and grief." -Kirkus Reviews
"Explores tragic loss and the human ability to overcome it." -SLJ
"A beautiful and moving tale that accurately captures the complications and dysfunctions of different families and examines how to slowly rise above the past and create a future." -Booklist
"Strange and stunning. Youīve never read anything like this." -JESSICA MARTINEZ, author of Kiss Kill Vanish
JENNY TORRES SANCHEZ is a full-time writer and former English teacher. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, but has lived on the border of two worlds her whole life. She lives in Orlando, Florida, with her husband and their children. Because of the Sun is her third novel.