Título: Dear Emmie Blue: A Novel
Autor: Lia Louis
Sinopse: In this charming and poignant novel that “oozes charm and wit and speaks beautifully about friendship and love, and the differences between the two” (Laura Pearson, author of I Wanted You to Know), teenager Emmie Blue releases a balloon with her email address and a big secret into the sky, only to fall head-over-heels for the boy who finds it. But fourteen years later, everything Emmie has planned is up in the air.
At sixteen, Emmie Blue stood in the fields of her school and released a red balloon into the sky. Attached was her name, her email address…and a secret she desperately wanted to be free of. Weeks later, on a beach in France, Lucas Moreau discovered the balloon and immediately emailed the attached address, sparking an intense friendship between the two teens.
Now, fourteen years later, Emmie is hiding the fact that she’s desperately in love with Lucas. She has pinned all her hopes on him and waits patiently for him to finally admit that she’s the one for him. So dedicated to her love for Lucas, Emmie has all but neglected her life outside of this relationship—she’s given up the search for her absentee father, no longer tries to build bridges with her distant mother, and lives as a lodger to an old lady she barely knows after being laid off. And when Lucas tells Emmie he has a big question to ask her, she’s convinced this is the moment he’ll reveal his feelings for her. But nothing in life ever quite goes as planned, does it?
Filled with heart and humor, Dear Emmie Blue “beautifully captures the heartache and frustrations of carrying our teenaged selves with us wherever we go” (Anstey Harris, author of Goodbye Paris) that is perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Evvie Drake Starts Over.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Dear Emmie Blue: A Novel”, de Lia Louis, publicado pela editora Emily Bestler Books, em 2021 e com 336 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Emily Bestler Books
Páginas: 336
Ano: 2021-02-02
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1982135921
ISBN13: 9781982135928
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Emily Bestler Books apresentam uma narrativa marcada por tensão constante e tramas de suspense que exploram conflitos pessoais e políticos em ambientes variados, desde a solidão da natureza selvagem até os corredores do poder. O ritmo costuma ser acelerado, com protagonistas que enfrentam ameaças iminentes, sejam elas de origem humana ou sobrenatural, e que precisam usar astúcia e força para sobreviver. As histórias frequentemente envolvem agentes secretos, veteranos militares, investigações criminais e conspirações internacionais, criando um clima de urgência e perigo. O catálogo traz obras que mesclam ação intensa com dilemas morais e emocionais, com uma linguagem direta e envolvente que mantém o leitor preso do começo ao fim.
