Set against a backdrop of domestic, financial, and political uncertainty, the narrative follows a young couple navigating their first year of cohabitation. Through the lens of magic and spells, Emily Paige Wilson explores the complexities of their relationship as they confront various challenges. The story delves into themes of love, resilience, and the transformative power of home, making it a unique blend of realism and fantasy.
Exploring the relationship between lineage and language, this collection is set against the evocative backdrop of Prague. It delves into the complexities of family history, examining what has been preserved accurately versus what has transformed into myth through misrepresentation. With elements of the supernatural, including witches, dragons, and a ghostly great-grandmother, it conveys the idea that history is inherently haunting, inviting readers to reflect on the untranslatable aspects of personal and collective narratives.
Emily Paige Wilson's inspiring YA novel in verse is at times gripping and dripping with teenage angst, but always heartwarming and inspiring. Told in captivating lyrical verse, Four Months Past Florence follows an aspiring high school journalist's journey through friendship breakups, a moral dilemma that threatens her family, and the realization that life, like the weather, doesn't always unfold as predicted. Four Months Past Florence is the story of Millie Willard, a high school junior from a small, coastal town in South Carolina with dreams of becoming a hard-hitting journalist, despite feeling sidelined in her current position as the weatherwoman for her school's newspaper, The Bloom. Little does she know, Hurricane Florence is brewing off the coast with plans to change everything. Four Months Past Florence is a thunderous page turner that will leave you believing that, just maybe, the kids are all right.