I had help from lots of talented teens this time around. Audrey Mueller and Ava, Millie, and Addy Kopp gave me smart, valuable notes during my first round of revisions; Grant McKenzie, Hunter Johnson, and Tai Hofmeister of the real (and perfectly named) band Ruse generously agreed to appear on the page at Arden’s birthday party. See their website (www.ruseofficial.com) to learn more about them and their music.
My sons helped me with teen diction and reminded me whenever I shouted, “I hate this!” that I say that in the middle of every book I write. They teach me daily how to love deeply and live authentically even when it’s hard.
My husband, Tad, loves me for who I am even when I’m crabby and difficult and refuse to admit that I’m wrong. He is my rom-com hero and proof that true love really is possible.
About the Author
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MISA SUGIURA’s ancestors include a poet, a priestess, a samurai, and a stowaway. She is the author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning young adult novels It’s Not Like It’s a Secret and This Time Will Be Different, and a short story in the anthology Come On In: 15 Stories of Immigration and Finding Home. Misa was born in Chicago, went to college in New Jersey, and taught English in Japan before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area under a giant oak tree with her husband, two sons, and three cats. Visit her online at www.misasugiura.com.
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Books by Misa Sugiura
It’s Not Like It’s a Secret
This Time Will Be Different
Love & Other Natural Disasters
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LOVE & OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS. Copyright © 2021 by Misa Sugiura. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021933331
Digital Edition JUNE 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-299125-6
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-299123-2
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