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Summer In The City Of Roses
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Summer In The City Of Roses

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Inspired by the Greek

myth of Iphigenia and the Grimm fairy tale Brother and Sister,

Michelle Ruiz Keil’s second novel follows two siblings torn apart and

struggling to find each other in early ‘90s Portland.

All her life, seventeen-year-old Iph has protected her sensitive younger brother, Orr. But this summer, with their mother gone at an artist residency, their father decides it’s time for fifteen-year-old Orr to toughen up at a wilderness boot camp. When their father brings Iph to a work gala in downtown Portland and breaks the news, Orr has already been sent away against his will. Furious at her father’s betrayal, Iph storms off and gets lost in the maze of Old Town. Enter George, a queer Robin Hood who swoops in on a bicycle, bow and arrow at the ready, offering Iph a place to hide out while she tracks down Orr.

Orr, in the meantime, has escaped the camp and fallen in with The Furies, an all-girl punk band, and moves into the coat closet of their ramshackle pink house. In their first summer apart, Iph and Orr must learn to navigate their respective new spaces of music, romance, and sex-work activism-and find each other before a fantastical transformation fractures their family forever.

Told through a lens of magical realism and steeped in myth, Summer in the City of Roses is a dazzling tale about the pain and beauty of growing up.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Soho Press
Country
United States
Date
7 June 2022
Pages
336
ISBN
9781641293860

Inspired by the Greek

myth of Iphigenia and the Grimm fairy tale Brother and Sister,

Michelle Ruiz Keil’s second novel follows two siblings torn apart and

struggling to find each other in early ‘90s Portland.

All her life, seventeen-year-old Iph has protected her sensitive younger brother, Orr. But this summer, with their mother gone at an artist residency, their father decides it’s time for fifteen-year-old Orr to toughen up at a wilderness boot camp. When their father brings Iph to a work gala in downtown Portland and breaks the news, Orr has already been sent away against his will. Furious at her father’s betrayal, Iph storms off and gets lost in the maze of Old Town. Enter George, a queer Robin Hood who swoops in on a bicycle, bow and arrow at the ready, offering Iph a place to hide out while she tracks down Orr.

Orr, in the meantime, has escaped the camp and fallen in with The Furies, an all-girl punk band, and moves into the coat closet of their ramshackle pink house. In their first summer apart, Iph and Orr must learn to navigate their respective new spaces of music, romance, and sex-work activism-and find each other before a fantastical transformation fractures their family forever.

Told through a lens of magical realism and steeped in myth, Summer in the City of Roses is a dazzling tale about the pain and beauty of growing up.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Soho Press
Country
United States
Date
7 June 2022
Pages
336
ISBN
9781641293860

Young adult novels that bring the summer vibes

The sun is beaming and there's not a single thought about studying in my mind, schools out and it's time to go to the beach! For some, the weather has not been very summery, but these books will definitely put you in a shining mood, as they radiate the ultimate summer vibes! There's nothing like a great read while unwinding at the beach, so grab an iced drink, one of these books and let your hair down because it's summertime!