The Last True Poets of the Sea
Inspired loosely by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, teenaged Violet is shipped off to Maine after her brother's hospitalization, where she searches for the lost shipwreck that her great-great grandmother survived and for answers about her family's long struggle with mental illness, all while falling in love.
| Autor: | Drake, Julia |
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| ISBN: | 9781368048088 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Veröffentlicht: | 01.10.2019 |
| Schlagworte: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+ General fiction (Children's / Teenage) Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage) YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+ YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Mental Illness |
| Altersempfehlung: | 14 - 99 |
Julia Drake grew up outside Philadelphia. As a teenager, she played some of Shakespeare's best heroines in her high school theater program, and their stories would stay with her forever. She received her BA in Spanish from Williams College, and her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, where she also taught writing to first-year students. She currently works as a book coach for aspiring writers and teaches creative writing classes for Writopia, a nonprofit that fosters love of writing in young adults. She lives in San Francisco with her partner and their rescue rabbit, Ned.