My Other Heart

Beautifully written and accomplished -- Nussaibah Younis, author of 'Fundamentally' Two complex, shimmering young women burst from the pages of My Other Heart, authentic and full of life. I fell in love with Kit and Sabrina, their flawed but caring mothers, and Emma Nanami Strenner's beautiful words -- Jessica Stanley, author of 'Consider Yourself Kissed' I've never read anything quite like Emma Nanami Strenner's My Other Heart: gorgeous, devastating, equally joyous and heartbreaking. Weaving three disparate lives across years and thousands of miles, it recounts the ripple effect expanding from a single, fateful day in the past, spinning an ecosystem of pain and memory around it. Reaching the end of Sabrina, Kit, and Mimi's story was like taking in a gasp of air after spending a minute underwater. -- Jinwoo Chong, author of 'Flux' A story that probes questions of identity, how we all have an idea of who we are. But it excels as a portrait of young women finding their way in the world ... A terrific, nuanced portrayal of female friendship and first loves - it really threw me back to the agony and the ecstasy. Clever, poignant and gripping, what a combination -- Natasha Poliszczuk My Other Heart is a wise, well observed, and transporting debut that explores what it means to belong. At once an immersive coming of age novel and an unflinching study of race, class, and manners, it confronts loneliness, cowardice, the quest for self-acceptance, and the effort required to truly see one another - even the people we think we're closest to - head-on. Sabrina Chen is an unforgettable heroine. I was on her side from start to finish. -- Emma Knight, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus'