An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter is set over the course of one summer on a lush private island and explores addiction and sex, family and independence and who holds the power in a modern underworld.

Suddenly orphaned, Rosie Frost is sent to the mysterious Bloodstone Island, home to both extraordinary teens and endangered species, where she faces mean girls and shocking family secrets while competing in the Falcon Queen Games to save the island itself.

"Five years ago, Cass barely survived a brutal attack that left her family dead. Now a scuba diving instructor in Thailand, she has spent years trying to build a new, anonymous life for herself as one of the Permanents, a group of expats who have claimed the beautiful Thailand destination as their own. The permanents are charming, they're close-knit, and they don't linger on who they were before the island--they're the perfect group for Cass to finally...

Un maravilloso regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores de García Márquez. Cada mes de agosto Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador hasta la isla donde está enterrada su madre para visitar la tumba en la que yace. Esas visitas acaban suponiendo una irresistible invitación a convertirse en una persona distinta durante una noche al año. Escrita en el inconfundible y fascinante estilo de García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos es un canto...

"A delightful Caribbean-set novel about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course"--

"On islands around the worldfrom Manhattan to Phillip Island, Australia, to Komodo Island and beyondnine children face life-changing moments: escaping a flood; embracing their identity; discovering that the adults in their lives can ease the burden of their eco-anxiety. And although each child couldnt be more different, one thing connects them all: a turtle swam into each of their lives at a critical moment, and left them changed.