First summer
Oklap, Ekin2026
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One afternoon at the start of summer, a teenage girl watches a new girl move in across the street. In Clara, the narrator recognises the same loneliness that she feels herself, but finds tenderness and laughter too. Over hot, languid days spent talking and reading side by side in the garden, the narrator is awakened to the possibility of a true connection with another human being, free of the self-consciousness she feels with others. Meanwhile, in a distant fictional galaxy, Nadia the space explorer - the protagonist of a children's book series beloved by both girls - traverses the known universe with her companion, Rosa. Their imagined adventures make sense of new and powerful feelings. This book captures the innocence and agony of adolescence and the exquisite promise of love on the cusp of adulthood: a moment where fantasy is still vivid in the mind.
Main title:
First summer / Ekin Oklap.
Author:
Oklap, Ekin, author
Imprint:
London : Summit Books UK, 2026.
Collation:
240 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781398551589 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
9107671
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teddington Library | Adult fiction | General | On order |