Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying. What to eat, where to go, who to love. But one thing she is sure of she wants to spend her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea.
Then Lea dies in a car accident, and Rumi is sent to live with her aunt in Hawaii. Now, miles from home, Rumi struggles to navigate the loss of her sister, feeling abandoned by her mother, and the aching absence of music.
With the help of the "boys next door" teenage surfer Kai, who doesn't take anything too seriously, and old George Watanabe, who succumbed to grief years ago Rumi seeks her way back to music, to write the song she and Lea never had the chance to finish.
With unflinching honesty, Summer Bird Blue explores big truths about insurmountable grief, unconditional love, and how to forgive even when it feels impossible.
Read for free on Rivetedlit.com on Dec 21st.
I love love the ace rep, the friendships, and the real real grief. However, I wasn't expecting the end. I don't think the home going thing is really going to work and I don't see why they wouldn't stay TBH.
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I feel like they both left me behind. Or rather, they both forced me ahead.
When I see someone I think is physically attractive, I don't picture them naked or wonder what it's like to kiss them--I just see people who are aesthetically pleasing and could potentially make a good friend.
It's like waking up and realizing you've landed in Oz.
Maybe hearts have layers, and the layer that misses Lea is simply different from the layer that misses creating songs.
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