The Wildest Sun

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain,Asha Lemmie’s next sweeping and evocative novel introduces a determined young womanΓÇÖs search for the larger-than-life literary figure she believes to be her father. When tragedy forces Delphine Auberan aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthoodfrom her home in postwar Parisshe seizes the opportunity to embark on the journey she’s long dreamed of: finding the father she has never known. But her questΓÇöspanning from Paris to New YorkΓÇÖs Harlemto Havana and Key WestΓÇöis complicated by the fact that she believes him to be famed luminary Ernest Hemingwaya man just as elusive as he is iconic. She desperately yearns for his approvalas both a daughter and a writerconvinced that he holds the key to who she’s truly meant to be. But what will happen if she is wrongor if her real story falls outside of the legend of her parentage that sheΓÇÖs revered all her life? The Wildest Sun is a dazzlingunexpectedand transportive story about coming into adulthoodΓÇöfrom escaping our paststo the stories we tell ourselvesto the ambition that drives usΓÇöas we seek to find out who we are.