My Heart Underwater, Laurel Flores Fantauzzo
My Heart Underwater, Laurel Flores Fantauzzo
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My Heart Underwater

Author: Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

Narrator: Amielynn Abellera

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2020

Synopsis

Fans of Adib Khorram and Randy Ribay will love this coming-of-age debut about a Filipina American teen drowning under pressure and learning to trust her heart. Corazon Tagubio is an outcast at the Catholic school she attends on scholarship. Her crush on her teacher, Ms. Holden, doesn’t help. At home, Cory worries that less-than-perfect grades aren’t good enough for her parents, who already work overtime to support her distant half-brother in the Philippines.After an accident leaves her dad comatose, Cory feels like Ms. Holden is the only person who really understands her. But when a crush turns into something more and the secret gets out, Cory is sent to her relatives in Manila. She’s not prepared to face strangers in an unfamiliar place, but she discovers how the country that shaped her past might also redefine her future.This novel takes readers on a journey across the world as Cory comes to understand her family, her relationships, and ultimately, herself.“My Heart Underwater is a lovely, magnificent wonder of a novel that will leave you with the rarest of tender heartaches: life-affirming, life-inspiring, life-loving; a heartache of joy and becoming. You won’t walk freely, or willingly, from these pages.” —New York Times bestselling author Marjorie Liu* A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020 * A 2022 ALA Rainbow Booklist Selection *

About Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

Laurel Flores Fantauzzo grew up in Thousand Oaks, CA, and graduated from a private Catholic high school. She lived in Teachers Village in the Philippines for many years and is the author of The First Impulse (2017), a nonfiction love story and mystery set in Metro Manila. She lives between Honolulu and Metro Manila with her wife. My Heart Underwater is her debut YA novel. Visit her online at www.laurelfantauzzo.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shealea on March 15, 2024

I'm leaving this unrated (maybe for now, maybe forever) because I have a lot of conflicting feelings about My Heart Underwater. I don't consider myself #ownvoices for this book because the main character is Filipino-American, but I want to recognize that majority of this story is set in the Philippi......more

Goodreads review by Grace on September 05, 2020

In the debut novel by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, My Heart Underwater, we follow Cory after a crisis sends her from her home outside of Los Angeles to Manila, where she creates a new home with the half-brother she didn’t grow up with. According to those around her, 17-year old Cory is a SoCal FilAm Cat......more

Goodreads review by Claudio on October 02, 2020

4.5/5 stars Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing this e-arc! I adored this book so much! It felt refreshing and rewarding to know that i could understand the tagalog dialogue as i've definitely struggled in the past with other languages. Idk if this is even a correct comparison but this......more

Goodreads review by Raina on May 28, 2021

Pro take: Cory has always felt like an outsider, especially at the Catholic high school she attends on a scholarship. This year, she’s started to develop romantic feelings for Ms. Holden, her history teacher. Then, tragedy strikes her family. One thing leads to another, and Cory is sent to the Philip......more

Goodreads review by Kristiana on June 25, 2022

Was recommended to me by a friend and really glad I read it when I did. Didn’t know I needed some of the healing I got while reading and definitely cried on multiple occasions.......more

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