This Side of Falling - Hardcover

Name: This Side of Falling - Hardcover
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SKU: 9781641295178
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by Eunice Chan

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by Eunice Chan (Author)

In a devastatingly honest coming-of-age debut, a Chinese American teen navigates grief in the wake of her first love's death by suicide.

Not real. The mantra seventeen-year-old Nina repeats to herself the morning after her almost-boyfriend, Ethan Travvers, jumped onto the tracks in front of a freight train. The two words that keep the truth just far enough away so the loss can't touch her, grief can't break her. After all, there is the family image to uphold, especially when her dad's startup begins to flounder. Maintaining the illusion of wholeness and success is everything to Nina's mom and grandma.

The pretense is working--until Nina's all-star older sister, Carmen, is dismissed from college and abruptly returns home. Carmen's arrival and strange behavior dig up buried memories, leading Nina to wonder if there is more to the story of Ethan than even she knew. The truth is not what she wants to believe: about Carmen, about Ethan, but mostly, about herself.

Emotionally layered and unflinchingly honest, this novel will resonate with readers who love deeply affecting stories that tackle teen heartache in the vein of Kathleen Glasgow and Laura Nowlin.

Author Biography

Eunice Chan hails from Davis, California, and is a graduate of UC Davis. She has completed a program in Special Publishing with the Institute of Children's Literature and has published fiction with Clubhouse magazine. Currently she lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and works as a civil engineer.

Number of Pages: 272

Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN

Publication Date: June 17, 2025

ISBN	9781641295178
Author	Eunice Chan
Publisher	Soho Teen
Genre	Young adult and Family
Format	Hardcover
Published	June 2025
Language	ENG- English
Pages	272
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Teens & young adults and Adults
Print Size	Standard Print