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Discover First: Get one of 100 copies of Everything to the Sea before it hits bookshops

Readers will be selected to receive one of 100 early copies of Alicia Upano's Everything to the Sea before it's published in July.

THIS IS HOW THE STORY OF JANE AND KENJI GOES.
Home in Hilo, Hawai'i for one final summer, Jane is working and saving for her senior year before she leaves her island town behind forever. At first, she doesn't remember Kenji. To Kenji, she's unforgettable: Janie, nose perpetually buried in her old high school sketchbooks.

THEY WILL FALL IN LOVE.
Jane tells herself it's only a fling – one perfect, carefree summer, on her way to achieving her dream of becoming an architect and moving to the continent. But as the days pass, the pair find themselves falling hard into first love.

AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL VANISH.
Then tragedy strikes – when a tsunami destroys much of Hilo, leaving both Jane and Kenji convulsed with grief. While Jane leaves, unable to look back, Kenji stays, bound by duty to rebuild their community.

WHEN ALL IS LOST, HOW DO WE FIND OUR WAY HOME?
Seven years later, Jane and Kenji collide again – and find that the past is not as easily laid to rest as they thought.

A decade-long story of home and belonging, destruction and renewal, betrayal and forgiveness, Everything to the Sea is an unforgettable love story – about what it means to rebuild a life worthy of what was lost.

'A survival story, a coming-of-age story, and a love story' Caro Claire Burke, author of Yesteryear

'A story that tests and redefines every form of loyalty: to love, to family, to land, to the future' Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West

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Why we chose this book

'We chose Everything to the Sea because it's far more than a love story (although we know our readers love a good romance!). It's also a vivid portrait of Hawai'i, with its island communities, landscapes and deep sense of place woven through every page. A perfect escape for romance lovers and readers of immersive literary fiction alike, we think this stunning debut will completely sweep you away.'

Lisa, National Book Tokens

What Alicia loves about local bookshops

'Being from the remote islands of the Pacific, books hold the world for me. Thus every bookshop is as essential as a passport – leading me through countries, time, and the human heart.'

Alicia Upano, author of Everything to the Sea

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