The World on Either Side

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Pub Date Sep 10 2019 | Archive Date Aug 28 2019
Teens & YA

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After the death of her boyfriend, sixteen-year old Valentine stops going to school, quits seeing her friends, and, finally, won't leave her bed. Desperate for her daughter to recover, Valentine's mother takes her on a trek in Thailand. In the mountains north of Chiang Mai, Valentine finds a world she didn't know existed, where houses are on stilts and elephants still roam wild. She learns about the Burmese civil war and the relentless violence against the Karen and Rohingya peoples.

Then she meets Lin, a mysterious young elephant keeper tormented by his hidden past, and an orphaned elephant calf, pursued by violent poachers. Together, the three flee deep into the jungle, looking for refuge and redemption.

After the death of her boyfriend, sixteen-year old Valentine stops going to school, quits seeing her friends, and, finally, won't leave her bed. Desperate for her daughter to recover, Valentine's...

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Advance Praise

"Air. This exquisite novel will have you gasping for it. Valentine's heartbreak and her desperate race through the jungles of Thailand had me holding my breath, smiling and weeping, despairing and hopeful. The World on Either Side is a heart-pounding journey to healing and love."—Barbara Radecki, author of The Darkhouse

"With a compelling voice and eye for evocative detail, Diane Terrana captures the rawness of grief and the dislocation of being a stranger in a strange land. Valentine's journey is part vivid travelogue, part healing odyssey, part high-stakes adventure, astutely narrated and punctuated with poetry, geopolitics and humor. A work of refreshing moral complexity about characters seeking atonement and redemption—and finding the courage it takes to love and to live."—Trilby Kent, Governor General's Literary Award finalist for Once, in a Town Called Moth

"[An] ultimately hopeful tale of grief and redemption."—Kirkus Reviews

"Air. This exquisite novel will have you gasping for it. Valentine's heartbreak and her desperate race through the jungles of Thailand had me holding my breath, smiling and weeping, despairing and...

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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781459822177
PRICE $14.95 (USD)
PAGES 288

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