Here We Are Now
by Jasmine Warga /
2017 / English / EPUB
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A book about love, loss, and the power of music, perfect
for fans of Nick Hornby and
A book about love, loss, and the power of music, perfect
for fans of Nick Hornby andFangirl
Fangirl.
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Taliah Sahar Abdallat lives and breathes music. Songs have always
helped Tal ease the pain of never having known her father. Her
mother, born in Jordan and very secretive about her past, won’t
say a word about who her dad really was. But when Tal finds a
shoebox full of old letters from Julian Oliver—yes, the indie
rock star Julian Oliver—she begins to piece the story together.
Taliah Sahar Abdallat lives and breathes music. Songs have always
helped Tal ease the pain of never having known her father. Her
mother, born in Jordan and very secretive about her past, won’t
say a word about who her dad really was. But when Tal finds a
shoebox full of old letters from Julian Oliver—yes, the indie
rock star Julian Oliver—she begins to piece the story together.
She writes to Julian, but after three years of radio silence,
she’s given up hope. Then one day, completely out of the blue,
Julian shows up at her doorstep, and Tal doesn’t know whether to
be furious or to throw herself into his arms. Before she can
decide, he asks her to go on a trip with him to meet her
long-estranged family and to say good-bye to his father, her
grandfather, who is dying.
She writes to Julian, but after three years of radio silence,
she’s given up hope. Then one day, completely out of the blue,
Julian shows up at her doorstep, and Tal doesn’t know whether to
be furious or to throw herself into his arms. Before she can
decide, he asks her to go on a trip with him to meet her
long-estranged family and to say good-bye to his father, her
grandfather, who is dying.
Getting to know your father after sixteen years of estrangement
doesn’t happen in one car ride. But as Tal spends more time with
Julian and his family, she begins to untangle her parents’ secret
past, and discovers a part of herself she never recognized
before.
Getting to know your father after sixteen years of estrangement
doesn’t happen in one car ride. But as Tal spends more time with
Julian and his family, she begins to untangle her parents’ secret
past, and discovers a part of herself she never recognized
before.
By the acclaimed author of
By the acclaimed author ofMy Heart and Other Black
Holes
My Heart and Other Black
Holes, this is an intergenerational story of family and
legacy and the way love informs both of those things. It’s about
secrets and the debt of silence. It’s about the power of songs.
And most of all, it’s about learning how to say hello. And
good-bye.
, this is an intergenerational story of family and
legacy and the way love informs both of those things. It’s about
secrets and the debt of silence. It’s about the power of songs.
And most of all, it’s about learning how to say hello. And
good-bye.