About the Book
Two sisters – Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister's protector; Lucia, the headstrong, unpredictable one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When their mother dies and Lucia starts hearing voices, it is Miranda who must find a way to reach her sister. But Lucia impetuously plows ahead, marrying a bighearted, older man only to leave him, suddenly, to have a baby with a young Latino immigrant. She moves her new family from the States to Ecuador and back again, but the bitter constant is that she is, in fact, mentally ill. Lucia lives life on a grand scale, until, inevitably, she crashes to earth.
Miranda leaves her own self-contained life in Switzerland to rescue her sister again – but only Lucia can decide whether she wants to be saved. The bonds of sisterly devotion stretch across oceans – but what does it take to break them?
Told in alternating points of view, Everything Here Is Beautiful is, at its heart, the story of a young woman's quest to find fulfillment and a life unconstrained by her illness. But it's also an unforgettable, gut-wrenching story of the sacrifices we make to truly love someone – and when loyalty to one's self must prevail over all.
About the Author :
Mira T. Lee’s debut novel, Everything Here is Beautiful, was selected as a Top 10 Debut by the American Booksellers Association, and named a Best Fiction title of 2018 by Amazon, O Magazine, Real Simple and the Goodreads Readers Choice Awards. Her stories and essays have appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Tin House, Real Simple, the Southern Review, Missouri Review, and Harvard Review, among others, and have twice received special mention for the Pushcart Prize. She has also been the recipient of an Artist’s Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Mira works as a graphic designer, and in her previous lives, has also been known as a pop-country drummer, a salsa dancing fanatic, and a biology graduate student. Mira is an alum of Stanford University, and currently lives in Cambridge, MA. Cassandra Campbell is an actress, director and teacher who has performed in New York at the Public Theatre, the Mint Theater and the Clurman Theatre. She is an accomplished voiceover artist who has won four Audie Awards from the Audio Publishers Association and has been a finalist for several more. Cassandra has also earned numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile, who named her a Golden Voice Narrator. In 2018, she was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall of Fame. Emily Woo Zeller is an award-winning audiobook narrator, voiceover artist, actor, singer, dancer and choreographer. Her voiceover career includes audiobook narration, looping/ADR for film, corporate training, character voices for animated film and television, description for animated television series for the visually impaired, eLearning and commercial work. Emily worked dubbing for film and television in Southeast Asia, although her training as a performing artist began in her native Los Angeles, California. Ozzie Rodriguez is an award-winning actor in film, television, commercials, and audiobooks. A graduate from UMass Amherst, he regularly performs in improvisation, sketch comedy, and various stage productions. With skills in both English and Spanish, Ozzie is a well-versed audiobook narrator, reading genres ranging from children and young adult to science fiction. Kim Mai Guest is an award-winning voice actor for audiobooks and video games. She can also be heard on television shows, such as G.I. Joe: Renegades, Batman: the Brave and the Bold, and Avatar, and movies, like Chill Out Scooby Doo and Dead Space: Aftermath. Her video game work includes Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, and The Lord of the Rings. Paul Boehmer appeared in the acclaimed Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband and on television in Frasier, Judging Amy, Guiding Light and All My Children. His excellent narrations include Be the Hands and Feet by Nick Vujicic, Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee and The Magisterium series by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare.
