My Heart Underwater
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Corazon Tagubio is an outcast at the Catholic school she attends on scholarship. Her crush on her teacher, Ms. Holden, doesnโt help. At home, Cory worries that less-than-perfect grades arenโt good enough for her parents, who already work overtime to support her distant half-brother in the Philippines.
After an accident leaves her dad comatose, Cory feels like Ms. Holden is the only person who really understands her. But when a crush turns into something more and the secret gets out, Cory is sent to her relatives in Manila. Sheโs not prepared to face strangers in an unfamiliar place, but she discovers how the country that shaped her past might also redefine her future.
This novel takes readers on a journey across the world as Cory comes to understand her family, her relationships, and ultimately, herself.
โMy Heart Underwaterย is a lovely, magnificent wonder of a novel that will leave you withย the rarest of tender heartaches: life-affirming, life-inspiring, life-loving; a heartache of joy and becoming. You wonโt walk freely, or willingly, from these pages.โ โNew York Timesย bestselling author Marjorie Liu
* A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020 * A 2022 ALA Rainbow Booklist Selection *
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Laurel Flores Fantauzzoย grew up in Thousand Oaks, CA, and graduated from a private Catholic high school. She lived in Teachers Village in the Philippines for many years and is the author ofย The First Impulseย (2017), a nonfiction love story and mystery set in Metro Manila.ย She lives between Honoluluย andย Metro Manilaย with her wife. My Heart Underwater is her debut YA novel. Visit her online at www.laurelfantauzzo.com.
