The book follows the emotional journey of a teenage boy in the Bronx who, after a series of traumatic events, grapples with his identity, his relationships, and his own happiness. Struggling with the aftermath of his father's suicide and his own complex feelings for his male best friend, he considers an innovative memory-alteration procedure to straighten out his life. As he confronts his inner turmoil and the socio-economic challenges of his neighborhood, the narrative explores themes of memory, identity, and the pursuit of happiness, ultimately questioning whether it is possible to change one's past or if one must learn to accept it.
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Adam Silvera is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of They Both Die at the End and More Happy Than Not and History Is All You Left Me and Infinity Son and Infinity Reaper and with Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us and Here's to Us.
His next book The First to Die at the End releases October 4th, 2022, with the final Infinity Cycle book to follow soon after.
He was born in New York and now lives in Los Angeles where he writes full-time.
