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When the World Tips Over

By: Jandy Nelson
Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Alex McKenna, Briggon Snow, Caitlin Kinnunen, Julia Whelan
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Publisher's summary

* An Instant New York Times Bestseller *

"Jandy Nelson is a true virtuoso . . . I am fervently in love with this brave, funny, tender, exuberant beating heart of a book."—Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Imogen, Obviously

The explosive new novel that brims with love, secrets, and enchantment by Jandy Nelson, Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of I’ll Give You the Sun

The Fall siblings live in hot Northern California wine country, where the sun pours out of the sky, and the devil winds blow so hard they whip the sense right out of your head.

Years ago, the Fall kids’ father mysteriously disappeared, cracking the family into pieces. Now Dizzy Fall, age twelve, bakes cakes, sees spirits, and wishes she were a heroine of a romance novel. Miles Fall, seventeen, brainiac, athlete, and dog-whisperer, is a raving beauty, but also lost, and desperate to meet the kind of guy he dreams of. And Wynton Fall, nineteen, who raises the temperature of a room just by entering it, is a virtuoso violinist set on a crash course for fame . . . or self-destruction.

Then an enigmatic rainbow-haired girl shows up, tipping the Falls’ world over. She might be an angel. Or a saint. Or an ordinary girl. Somehow, she is vital to each of them. But before anyone can figure out who she is, catastrophe strikes, leaving the Falls more broken than ever. And more desperate to be whole.

With road trips, rivalries, family curses, love stories within love stories within love stories, and sorrows and joys passed from generation to generation, this is the intricate, luminous tale of a family’s complicated past and present. And only in telling their stories can they hope to rewrite their futures.

"A gloriously intricate and expansive YA/adult crossover . . . Stunningly generous."—Just Imagine

"Transcendently beautiful.”—Nina LaCour, author of We Are Okay

“Sublime, intricate, and dazzling . . . I adored it.”—Helena Fox, author of How It Feels to Float

“Jandy Nelson is a rare, explosive talent.”—Tahereh Mafi, author of the Shatter Me series

"Splendid and complex . . . Satisfying and soul-thrilling . . . Well worth the wait."—SLJ (starred review)

“A technicolor fever dream offering readers a sensory feast.”Kirkus

"A complex, seductive YA heartbreaker.”The Guardian

“Intoxicating. [Destined to] firmly lodge itself within many, many hearts.”The Irish Times

"Magical and moving."—Common Sense Media

"Beautiful.”Booklist

"Profound."—PW (starred review)

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* Instant New York Times Bestseller *

* #1 Indie Bestseller *

* USA Today Bestseller *

* Indie Next Pick *

“Jandy Nelson is a true virtuoso, and When The World Tips Over left me speechless. I am fervently in love with this brave, funny, tender, exuberant beating heart of a book.”—Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and co-author with Adam Silvera of What If It's Us

"When the World Tips Over is transcendently beautiful. It bursts with life and spills over with heartache and love.”—Nina LaCour, Printz Award-winning author of We Are Okay and Yerba Buena

Sublime, intricate, and dazzling, When the World Tips Over kept opening and opening before me like a glorious map of treasures. I loved all of its delightful, flawed, sensitive characters, and the magic inside each of them. Jandy Nelson has created an epic and intimate tale. I adored it.”—Helena Fox, award-winning author of How It Feels to Float and The Quiet and the Loud

Dear Listener,

What am I most excited for you to discover about the Fall siblings and their journey ahead?
"This novel is everything I have ever wanted to write all in one book. It’s a multigenerational family saga. It’s the story of a mother and daughter who live in an RV at the edge of the world. And it’s also a fairy tale, a mystery, a food memoir (aphrodisiacal soufflés!), a scrapbook, a ghost story, a love letter to California, and an ode to storytelling itself. It’s jam-packed with family curses, rivalries, road trips, and love stories upon love stories upon love stories.
I’m so excited for you to uncover the secrets, curses, and blessings long hidden in this family’s history, as you fall in love alongside them, and become immersed in their personal rhapsodies and tragedies. But mostly, I’m hoping you walk away from their story—or float away, actually—with a full heart and a hungry belly, perhaps thinking about what I was meditating on while writing it: that a safe harbor is found in other people, that joys are sometimes hidden away in sorrows, that splendor is everywhere, and that soufflés are the most heavenly food on earth, bar none. My whole heart is in this one and I am so thrilled to finally be able to welcome you to Paradise Springs!"– Jandy Nelson, writer of When the World Tips Over

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Excellent!

I love everything about this audiobook. The writing, the narration, the characters all were so well done.

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Exquisite

Jandy Nelson’s writing will never cease to amaze me. It is just epically creative and beautiful.

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Stick with it

I had no idea what I was getting into with this book, honestly. If Julia Whelan is a narrator, I just assume it will be great.
This one started out a bit chaotic, in my opinion. I wasn’t sure I was going to like it, but it comes together and ends up being wonderful.
It’s real, sad, hopeful, heartbreaking, and beautiful all rolled into one.

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Just a great book!!

All the glowing reviews about this book are dead on. The story keeps you guessing and wanting to know what happens.
The narration is wonderful and just a pleasure to listen.

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Magical

A family feud , raw and honest, hopeful and loving—this will delight your ears and heart

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Just wow

This is my first review in easily 1,000 audiobooks. The imagery and authors way with words. Just wow! Kept me hooked the whole time, such an imaginative, feel good story.

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A rollercoaster of emotions

Excellent cast! Heart warming family story! You will laugh and you will cry. Simply Wonderful!

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