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Book Launch | Goodbye and Everything After by Mae Coyiuto
Book Launch | Goodbye and Everything After by Mae Coyiuto
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Whenever they visit her father’s grave, Nika’s superstitious mother still insists on practicing pagpag, a Filipino belief that you can never go directly home after attending a funeral—or risk the spirit of the departed following you back home.
But when her mom’s new fiancé suddenly shows up at the cemetery for this year’s memorial for her dad, she furiously walks out, breaking the pagpag superstition. The next day, she finds herself face-to-face with the ghost of her dead father. . . and Nika’s the only one who can see him.
As she spends more time re-connecting with her dad’s ghost, Nika slowly learns about her parents’ past and how they fell in love back in high school. And when they recreate memories of her parents’ love story, Nika discovers that her dad’s spirit slowly becomes more solid and alive. Fearing that she’ll lose her dad again, Nika makes it her mission to find a way to make her dad stay permanently, no matter what the cost.
With a perfect blend of humor and heart, Mae Coyiuto artfully brings past to present in a way that explores grief head-on.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mae Coyiuto is a Chinese Filipino writer, born and raised in the Philippines. Her debut YA novel Chloe and the Kaishao Boys was named a 2023 New York Public Library Best Book of the Year. Mae earned her BA in Psychology from Pomona College and her Master’s Degree in Writing for Young Adults/Children from The New School. If she’s not writing, she’s usually fangirling over Beyoncé, tennis, Gilmore Girls, or all of the above. She currently lives in Manila.
IN CONVERSATION WITH
Shannon C.F. Rogers is a multiracial American writer of Filipinx and European descent. Her debut novel, I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom, won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature in 2024. Shannon’s writing has appeared in Bodega Magazine, Newfound Journal, and on stage with Tricklock Company, Lady Luck Productions, and the UNM Words Afire Festival of New Plays. She earned her B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico and her MFA in Writing For Young People at Antioch University Los Angeles. Having served as an educator, after-school program director, and lost mitten finder at schools in Albuquerque, Chicago, and New York City, she now lives and writes in Brooklyn, NY.
