Novelist and poet Lang Leav was born in a refugee camp when her
family were fleeing the Khmer Rouge Regime. She spent her formative
years in Sydney, Australia, in the predominantly migrant town of
Cabramatta. Among her many achievements, Lang is the winner of a
Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, Churchill Fellowship and Goodreads
Reader's Choice Award.
Her first book, Love & Misadventure (2013) was a break out success,
and her subsequent poetry books have all been international
bestsellers. In 2016, Lang turned her attention to fiction, and her
debut YA novel Sad Girls shot to #1 on the Straits Times and other
bestseller charts internationally.
"I want to read everything Lang writes! Others Were Emeralds kept
me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. With lyrical and
moving prose, Lang tells a stunning tale of love, loss, and the
true power of friendship. A deep, beautiful novel."
-- Etaf Rum, New York Times bestselling author of A Woman is No
Man"Leav's coming-of-age debut is poetic and lyrical, her prose
rich in beautiful imagery. She tenderly explores grief, trauma, and
love as Ai reflects on her past and makes sense of it in order to
move forward." -- Booklist"A heartrending novel ... Leav skillfully
captures the details of senior-year high school life, but is even
better in depicting Ai's parents' stories of surviving war and
persecution and Ai's teenage experiences with microaggressions and
outward racism. It's a resonant portrayal." -- Publishers Weekly"A
moving novel about healing, friendship, and combating the idea that
history is bound to repeat itself, Others Were Emeralds will leave
readers touched." -- Shondaland "Few writers can distill the
yearnings of the human heart quite like novelist and poet sensation
Lang Leav. Whether she's conjuring the intensity of first love or
summoning the dull ache of heartbreak, Leav's work hums with
humanity." -- futurewomen.com"Others Were Emeralds is rich with
lush descriptions and an unmistakable sense of place . . . there's
a beautiful specificity in Leav's evocation of life as a
second-generation Cambodian-Australian." -- Books +
Publishing"Self-discovery, creativity, intense and volatile
relationships, feeling like the world is opening up before you at
one moment and crashing down around you the next - all of these
teenage experiences are beautifully depicted in Others Were
Emeralds. But at the same time being Asian in '90s Australia means
that for Ai and her friends these rites of passage are tangled up
with experiences of racism, isolation, and trauma. I thought the
way that Leav wove all of this together whilst striking a delicate
balance between darkness and light was impressive and moving." --
Readings"A book you'll want to read again and again." -- Amerie's
Book Club"A delicate, moving coming-of-age tale. . . . and a
mature, poetic reflection on innocence and traumatic experience."
-- The Sunday Morning Herald
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