![]() On Fragile Waves consists of two main parts. ![]() Basically, she’s fantastic, and I was thrilled to hear she had a full-length novel in the works. Her stories appear everywhere from McSweeney’s to Tor.com and in a dozen best-of-the-year collections. She’s also the winner of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer of 2012 for her short story “ The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”. She is a Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon and World Fantasy Award finalist. Lily Yu’s debut novel, but she isn’t new to the writing world. ![]() RELATED: More 2021 Books You Don’t Want to Miss She relies upon her fantasy worlds for some relief, but as her family fractures, she must find new ways to survive. Firuzeh, in particular, struggles with navigating this new culture, one that is both uncomprehending and even uncaring about her own. Firuzeh and Nour’s parents pass the time telling stories, distracting their children with fairy tales of both their homeland and their destination, the mythical land of opportunities, Australia.Īfter struggle and heartache, the family reaches Australia, but it, of course, is not what they expected. ![]() The journey is difficult for this small family as they travel from Pakistan to Indonesia to Nauru. ![]() They run from the only home they’ve ever known in search of a better, safer life. Thank you to Erewhon Books for sending me an advance copy of On Fragile Waves for review.įiruzeh and her brother Nour were born children of war, fleeing Afghanistan with their parents. ![]()
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