You Bring The Distant Near Antoi

You Bring The Distant Near AntoiA 2017 National Book Award Longlist Title with six starred reviews! Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culturefor better or worse. Fans of Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star will find a lot to love in this literary tour de force. From a grandmother worried that her children are losing their Indian identity to a daughter wrapped up

on top of the hill

they learn the value of friendship and what it means to grow up

Because what her family and friends don't know is that Saoirse has been on the run since she was seventeen

The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History

' Tracy Harvey 'Painfully close to the bone but howlingly funny

The turbulent voyage brings together a diverse group of travellers

BOOK OF THE YEAR'Dextrous and powerful

wisdom and pathos

I'm calling it as one of the best reads of 2026

It has the unmatched attention to details of character

Jia wants nothing more than to leave the past where it belongs - especially after Lin's ghost nearly kills her during their first encounter

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