You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

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"A love story like no other, and this one...will have you gripped from page one." --Vogue

"An unabashed ode to living with, and despite, pain and mortality." --The New York Times Book Review

A New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and "one of our greatest living writers" (Shondaland) reimagines the love story in this "riveting and emotional exploration of grief and taking a second chance on love" (PopSugar).

Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again.

It's been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she's almost a new person now--an artist with her own studio and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it's time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn't ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career.

She's even started dating the perfect guy, but their new relationship might be sabotaged before it has a chance by the overwhelming desire Feyi feels every time she locks eyes with the one person who is most definitely off-limits--his father. Can she release her past and honor her grief while still embracing her future? And, of course, there's the biggest question of all--how far is she willing to go for a second chance at love?

"With tenderhearted characters and an immaculate balance of realistic dialogue and lyrical prose" (BuzzFeed), Akwake Emezi's vivid and passionate writing takes us deep into a world of possibility and healing. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty is a "a love letter to the brave choices we make in the name of love, the costs we pay for it, and the glory of the reward at the end" (Marie Claire).

In the inaugural Make Me a World list, Akwaeke Emezi makes their young adult debut with Pet. Akwaeke's adult debut, Freshwater, was named to the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 list, was a long-list nominee for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence, and was a short-list nominee for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Award. The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker, and the Los Angeles Times, among others, praised the autobiographical novel, which also garnered starred ratings from Library Journal and Booklist. The Death of Vivek Oji, their sophomore adult novel, will be published by Riverhead in 2020. For more information, visit Akwaeke.com or follow them on Twitter at @azemezi.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781982188719
ISBN 10	1982188715
Title	You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Author	Akwaeke Emezi
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2023-06-13
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.