First Summer: A Novel by Ekin Oklap
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A dreamy, tender debut about two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into first love during one unforgettable summer. First Summer captures the intensity, innocence, and uncertainty of falling in love just as childhood gives way to adulthood.
Description
One summer can change everything.
When a teenage girl watches Clara, a new girl, move in across the street, she recognizes something familiar in her: the same loneliness, the same sense of being slightly apart from everyone else. As the summer unfolds, the two girls spend long, languid days talking, reading, laughing, and discovering a connection that feels unlike anything either has experienced before.
Their growing intimacy opens the door to feelings that are both thrilling and frightening. In the heat and haze of summer, the narrator begins to understand the possibility of love and of being truly seen by another person.
Their shared childhood obsession with a beloved series of books about space explorer Nadia and her companion Rosa provides another dimension to their story. In a distant fictional galaxy, Nadia and Rosa’s adventures become a way for the girls to explore and make sense of the powerful emotions emerging between them.
With its lush atmosphere and emotional intimacy, First Summer explores the exquisite uncertainty of adolescence, the awakening of first love, and the memories that can remain with us long after a particular summer has ended.
Book Details
- Title: First Summer: A Novel
- Author: Ekin Oklap
- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 1668225794
- Genre: Literary Fiction, LGBTQ+ Fiction, Coming-of-Age
- Themes: First Love, Lesbian Fiction, Adolescence, Friendship, Queer Romance, Coming of Age
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