The Year After My Sister Died

Jun XiaoLi's unexpected death sends ripples across her small world: family, friends, acquaintances and community, no one can say they've been left untouched.But it's her brother Jun JiuRi and Wang WeiLan, the boy she'd been tutoring, who find themselves at the centre of a whirlwind, as twist and turns conspire to radically change their lives.A coming of age, slice of life tale of how a tragic event can redefine your entire life and shatter beliefs you've held, while forcing you to face the truths you refused to confrontCW: Suicide Ideation, Death of Parent, Sibling and/or Family Member, Violence, Domestic Violence (parental), Drug Use, Drinking, Parental Abandonment, Parental Negligence Ruth Miranda is a Portugal born and raised author who feels more comfortable around words than people, especially if those words happen to be in English, a language she once taught for a living - amongst other varied jobs. She started making up stories in her head as a child, to put herself to sleep, but the stories kept growing with her, so eventually, they needed to be put to paper.