This heartfelt, poignant YA debut is a second-chance summer romance that will steal your heartāperfect for fans of Heartstopper, Some Girls Do, and Itās Not Like itās a Secret.
This summer, Elsie is finally going to confess her feelings to her longtimeāand long-distanceācrush. Adaās fanfics are to die for, and she just gets Elsie like no one else. That is, until Joan, Elsieās childhood best friend, literally walks back into her life and slots in like she never left. Like she never moved away to Hong Kong and never ignored Elsieās dozens of emails and letters.
Then Ada mentions her grandmotherās own long-lost pen pal (and maybe love?), a woman who once lived only a train ride away from Elsieās Oxford home, and Elsie gets the idea for the perfect grand gesture. But as her plan to reunite the two older women ignites a summer of repairing broken bonds, Elsie starts to wonder if she, too, can recover the things sheās lostā¦
With a beautifully earnest voice and a dash of fandom, this wistful and delightful novel is a love letter to queer coming-of-age, finding community, and finding yourself.