By Haley Tanner
NAMED by means of THE nationwide ebook origin AS A five less than 35 AUTHOR
Vaclav and Lena appear destined for every different. They meet as kids in an ESL category in Brighton seashore, Brooklyn. Vaclav is precocious and verbal. Lena, suffering from English, takes convenience within the security of his adoration, his noisy, loving domestic, and the care of Rasia, his big-hearted mom. Vaclav imagines their tale unfolding like a fairy story, or the appropriate phantasm from his valuable Magician’s Almanac. yet in the future, Lena doesn't appear for college. She has disappeared from Vaclav and his family’s lives as though through a merciless sleight of hand. For the subsequent seven years, Vaclav says goodnight to Lena with no fail, puzzling over if she is doing a similar someplace. at the eve of Lena’s 17th birthday he unearths out. In Vaclav & Lena, Haley Tanner has created unforgettable younger protagonists who evoke the enjoyment, the confusion, and the eagerness of getting a profound, eternal connection.
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Praise for Vaclav & Lena
“Wonderful and wrenching . . . vivid characters, plausible romance and darkish undertones make for a relocating tale.”—The manhattan Times
“From the instant they meet, Vaclav and Lena make magic jointly. . . . via all of the twists and turns of the booklet, the main enduring subject of the unconventional is love.”—NPR
“Haley Tanner’s guaranteed narrative voice unearths new how you can describe emotion and personality, attractive the reader repeatedly with small shocks of expertise. This ebook is unhappy, humorous, actual, and shot via with grace.”—Judy Blundell, nationwide publication Award–winning writer of What I observed and the way I Lied
“Highly advised . . . Tanner’s attractive debut novel is a love tale of bizarre innocence and depth [and] a suspenseful, literary paintings that's challenging to place down.”—Library Journal
“A debut to appreciate . . . Tanner’s captivating tale unfolds as gracefully as a flower.”—People
“The magic Tanner makes is as mind-blowing because it is profound.”—Booklist
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