![]() ![]() ![]() The Astonishing Color of After’s Asian-American cultural representation, as well as depiction of topics such as mental health and teen suicide, has led to critical and scholarly discussion of the novel's pedagogical value. Meanwhile, she is also in conflict with her father, who does not believe she is handling her grief well and also thinks she should be pursuing something more practical than art. Throughout the story, Leigh uses colors to describe emotions and her art as a way to process her grief. ![]() She follows the bird to Taiwan, her mother’s birthplace, where she meets her grandparents for the first time and tries to learn what the bird is trying to teach her before the end of the traditional Ghost Month. The novel addresses topics including suicide and mental health through the story of a biracial teenager, Leigh, in search of her mother, whom Leigh believes has transformed into a red bird following her suicide. Pan, published Maby Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The Astonishing Color of After is a young adult novel by Emily X.R. ( January 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ![]()
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