Meet Me at Blue Hour
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Publisher Description
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Past Lives in this gripping, emotional story of two childhood friends navigating the fallout of one erasing their memory of the other, from acclaimed author Sarah Suk.
Seventeen-year-old Yena Bae is spending the summer in Busan, South Korea, working at her mom’s memory-erasing clinic. She feels lost and disconnected from people, something she’s felt ever since her best friend, Lucas, moved away four years ago without a word, leaving her in limbo.
Eighteen-year-old Lucas Pak is also in Busan for the summer, visiting his grandpa, who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. But he isn’t just here for a regular visit—he’s determined to get his beloved grandpa into the new study running at the clinic, a trial program seeking to restore lost memories.
When Yena runs into Lucas again, she’s shocked to see him and even more shocked to discover that he doesn’t remember a thing about her. He’s completely erased her from his memories, and she has no idea why.
As the two reconnect, they unravel the mystery and heartache of what happened between them all those years ago—and must now reckon with whether they can forge a new beginning together.
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Ever since her Korean Canadian BFF Lucas Pak ghosted her at 14 after she confessed her feelings to him, Yena Bae, also Korean Canadian, hasn't stuck with "anything or anyone for very long." With no post–high school plans, Yena takes a summer job at her mother's memory-erasing clinic in Busan, South Korea. Lucas, meanwhile, travels to Busan on a desperate quest to admit his grandfather, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, into a memory-restoring trial spearheaded by Yena's mother. Though Yena is shocked to find archival evidence indicating that Lucas erased her from his memory, she nevertheless feels compelled to help him after they reconnect in Busan. But with the long-term effects of memory erasure undetermined, could her presence jeopardize Lucas's health? Via Lucas and Yena's alternating perspectives, interspersed with sections narrated by anthropomorphized objects (including a movie reel and a lawn mower), Suk (The Space Between Here & Now) highlights the intimate connections between senses and memory. As the teens unspool secrets and awaken old affections, this uniquely structured, memory-bending speculative romance and love letter to Busan raises meaty questions about scientific morality. Ages 13–up.
