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~Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for the best LGBT YA novel of 2017~
An unforgettable story of two girls navigating the unknowable waters of identity, millennial anxiety, and first love, from the acclaimed author of The Mystery of Hollow Places.
In Savannah Espinoza’s small New Mexico hometown, kids either flee after graduation or they’re trapped there forever. Vanni never planned to get stuck—but that was before her father was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease, leaving her and her mother to care for him.
Now she doesn’t have much of a plan at all: living at home, working as a performing mermaid at a second-rate water park, distracting herself with one boy after another.
That changes the day she meets Leigh. Disillusioned with small-town life and looking for something greater, Leigh is not a “nice girl.” She is unlike anyone Vanni has met, and a friend when Vanni desperately needs one. Soon enough, Leigh is much more than a friend.
But caring about another person threatens the walls Vanni has carefully constructed to protect herself and brings up the big questions she’s hidden from for so long.
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“Vanni’s realization about her bisexuality is satisfyingly matter-of-fact, and her relationship with Leigh faces realistic teenage troubles. As much about self-discovery as it is about love.”
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“A lively, entertaining read…With a well-constructed plot that expresses the thoughts and emotions of the characters clearly and with depth, Podos’ story will resonate with YA readers.”
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“Well-handled are Leigh’s genderqueer identity and Vanni’s bisexuality…The author richly and authentically describes the culture of a small New Mexico town.”
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“Rebecca Podos continues to stun. Like Water is a tender, gorgeously written story, one of the most moving novels I’ve ever read.”
— Karen Fortunati, author of The Weight of Zero -
“Sharp plotting, unexpected twists, dynamic characters, and a sensitive treatment of mental illness make Podos a writer to watch.”
— Booklist (starred review) on The Mystery of Hollow Places -
“This heartfelt and page-turning debut introduces [listeners] to a whip-smart and wise heroine.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on The Mystery of Hollow Places -
“Wholly original with a brilliant voice and gripping plot. This book utterly captivated me.”
— Jasmine Warga, author of My Heart and Other Black Holes on The Mystery of Hollow Places
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About Rebecca Podos
Rebecca Podos is a graduate of the writing, literature, and publishing program at Emerson College, where she won the MFA award for best thesis. Her fiction has been published in Glimmer Train, Glyph, Bellows American Review, and SmokeLong Quarterly. She lives with her husband in Connecticut. The Mystery of Hollow Places is her first novel.
About Kyla Garcia
Kyla Garcia is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. Born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, she discovered acting at the age of eight when she played Lady Macbeth in a children’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. She made her off-Broadway debut at fifteen when she played Dorothy in Oz: A Twisted Musical. Eleven years after she discovered her passion for acting, she would go on to play Lady Macbeth once again in London at the Globe Theatre, where she studied Shakespeare during her third year at Mason Gross School of the Arts. She received her BFA in acting from Rutgers University.