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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment by Jandy Nelson, the New York Times bestselling author of I’ll Give You the Sun. ""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 Welcome to Paradise Springs, Northern California – a hot, dusty, half-magical, wine-country town where there are so many grapes fermenting at one time, you get drunk from breathing the air; where devil winds blow so hard they whip your sense away. A town where every fairy tale you've ever read could be set ... and ""home"" to the family Falls. When a strange, enigmatic, rainbow-haired girl shows up in their fantastical hometown, it sends the lives of Fall brothers Wynton and Miles and their sister Dizzy into tumult. 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.

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A family's past collides with its present in this joyful saga about Dizzy and her brothers, Wynton and Miles, which tells the love stories, joys, and sorrows of multiple generations. * The Bookseller *

A family's past collides with its present in this joyful saga about Dizzy and her brothers, Wynton and Miles, which tells the love stories, joys, and sorrows of multiple generations. * The Bookseller * I laughed, I cried, I was engrossed in the plot. It was a beautiful soap opera of a family drama...It just feels like so much love has gone into this book. * Netgalley Reviewer * When I saw Jandy Nelson was gracing us with another book after so damn long, you best believe I was first in line. And boy was it worth the wait! Jandy just perfectly knows who to breathe life into character and weave together seamless prose with distinct voices for each character that you can’t help but love them all! (Jandy) just perfectly encompasses what I think YA books are all about— comfort and heartbreak, identity and discovery, human connection and love… I can’t do this book justice. Jandy is BACK!! * Netgalley Reviewer * This whimsical book, filled with magic, love, heartbreak and alllll the juicy family drama, did not disappoint. I was captivated and I could not stop reading! * Netgalley Reviewer * An author who writes a compelling and emotional read like this is well worth the investment of time. * Netgalley Reviewer * Jandy did it again, after almost 10 years since I'll Give You the Sun, she wrote another masterpiece. 5 stars. * Netgalley Reviewer *

A whirlwind journey toward a profound and satisfying destination. * Publishers Weekly * A family's past collides with its present in this joyful saga about Dizzy and her brothers, Wynton and Miles, which tells the love stories, joys, and sorrows of multiple generations. * The Bookseller * A splendid and complex tale... soul thrilling. * School Library Journal * Achingly raw. * Serendipity Books * Masterpiece! * The Novel Neighbor * It’s been ten years since the publication of Jandy Nelson’s literary masterpiece I’ll Give You the Sun, and I’m sure I’m not the only reader who’s spent the past decade eager to read whatever Nelson writes next. This month, at last, we’ll all be able to do just that. When the World Tips Over details the lives of the three adolescent Fall siblings: musical Wynton, “perfect” Miles, and talkative Dizzy, each of whom has their own wounds to heal and their own ghosts to face. Is there really a family curse? Is the mysterious, rainbow-haired girl who appears in each sibling’s life at crucial moments really an angel? The story walks a tightrope between the real and the impossible, but like Nelson’s previous work, its heart lies in the absolutely genuine emotions of its characters. * Lit Hub * I laughed, I cried, I was engrossed in the plot. It was a beautiful soap opera of a family drama...It just feels like so much love has gone into this book. * Netgalley Reviewer * When I saw Jandy Nelson was gracing us with another book after so damn long, you best believe I was first in line. And boy was it worth the wait! Jandy just perfectly knows who to breathe life into character and weave together seamless prose with distinct voices for each character that you can’t help but love them all! (Jandy) just perfectly encompasses what I think YA books are all about— comfort and heartbreak, identity and discovery, human connection and love… I can’t do this book justice. Jandy is BACK!! * Netgalley Reviewer * This whimsical book, filled with magic, love, heartbreak and alllll the juicy family drama, did not disappoint. I was captivated and I could not stop reading! * Netgalley Reviewer * An author who writes a compelling and emotional read like this is well worth the investment of time. * Netgalley Reviewer * Jandy did it again, after almost 10 years since I'll Give You the Sun, she wrote another masterpiece. 5 stars. * Netgalley Reviewer *

In Paradise Springs, California, the Fall siblings – Dizzy, Wynton and Miles – have struggled for years since their dad’s disappearance. When a miraculous rainbow-haired girl shows up in town, she seems to offer each of them a different hope, but her arrival starts a chain of events that will change their family’s future for ever. Featuring intricately interwoven love stories, curses, rivalries and misunderstandings, Nelson’s first book for ten years is a complex, seductive YA heartbreaker with a touch of magical realism. * The Guardian * A whirlwind journey toward a profound and satisfying destination. * Publishers Weekly * A family's past collides with its present in this joyful saga about Dizzy and her brothers, Wynton and Miles, which tells the love stories, joys, and sorrows of multiple generations. * The Bookseller * An exuberant explosion of emotions and ideas. Bold, ambitious, expressive and intense, it transposes the emotional landscape of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden over the fictional Paradise Valley, home to a family curse, shattered dreams, betrayal, duplicity, tragedy, messed up longing and imploded secrets… Jandy addresses important issues like manic depression, the fallout of infidelity, fractured psyches, spiritual connections and the phenomenal beauty of synaesthesia. Her use of meta fiction and intertextuality work well with her story threads intertwined like Scheherazade’s and her characters suffering the same symphony of loneliness experienced by Steinbeck’s... It is a marathon read which readers looking for good LGBTQIA+ representation, a fantastical plot, evocative imagery and tempestuous melodrama will enjoy. * Books for Keeps * A splendid and complex tale... soul thrilling. * School Library Journal * Achingly raw. * Serendipity Books * Masterpiece! * The Novel Neighbor * It’s been ten years since the publication of Jandy Nelson’s literary masterpiece I’ll Give You the Sun, and I’m sure I’m not the only reader who’s spent the past decade eager to read whatever Nelson writes next. This month, at last, we’ll all be able to do just that. When the World Tips Over details the lives of the three adolescent Fall siblings: musical Wynton, “perfect” Miles, and talkative Dizzy, each of whom has their own wounds to heal and their own ghosts to face. Is there really a family curse? Is the mysterious, rainbow-haired girl who appears in each sibling’s life at crucial moments really an angel? The story walks a tightrope between the real and the impossible, but like Nelson’s previous work, its heart lies in the absolutely genuine emotions of its characters. * Lit Hub * I laughed, I cried, I was engrossed in the plot. It was a beautiful soap opera of a family drama...It just feels like so much love has gone into this book. * Netgalley Reviewer * When I saw Jandy Nelson was gracing us with another book after so damn long, you best believe I was first in line. And boy was it worth the wait! Jandy just perfectly knows who to breathe life into character and weave together seamless prose with distinct voices for each character that you can’t help but love them all! (Jandy) just perfectly encompasses what I think YA books are all about— comfort and heartbreak, identity and discovery, human connection and love… I can’t do this book justice. Jandy is BACK!! * Netgalley Reviewer * This whimsical book, filled with magic, love, heartbreak and alllll the juicy family drama, did not disappoint. I was captivated and I could not stop reading! * Netgalley Reviewer * An author who writes a compelling and emotional read like this is well worth the investment of time. * Netgalley Reviewer * Jandy did it again, after almost 10 years since I'll Give You the Sun, she wrote another masterpiece. 5 stars. * Netgalley Reviewer *

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 * Jandy Nelson is a rare, explosive talent. Her prose is vivid, breathtaking, and drenched in passion, and her stories remind me why words can change the world. * Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author of This Woven Kingdom * Jandy Nelson is an exceptional writer. She writes with a distinctive lyricism and clarity that makes every page of her books a pleasure to read – even the pages that will make you cry. * Katherine Webber, bestselling author of Twin Crowns * You can hear the music in Jandy Nelson’s writing from the very first page. Her poetic style elevates her stories into something unforgettable. * Lauren James, bestselling author of The Quiet at the End of the World * Utterly compelling… A delirious, intoxicating spell of a book, destined to end up on many important awards lists and to firmly lodge itself within many, many hearts. * The Irish Times * Featuring intricately interwoven love stories, curses, rivalries and misunderstandings, Nelson’s first book for ten years is a complex, seductive YA heartbreaker with a touch of magical realism. * The Guardian * 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 * Sublime, intricate, and dazzling, When the World Tips Over kept opening and opening before me like a glorious map of treasures. * Helena Fox, award-winning author of How It Feels to Float and The Quiet and the Loud * A whirlwind journey toward a profound and satisfying destination. * Publishers Weekly * A family's past collides with its present in this joyful saga about Dizzy and her brothers, Wynton and Miles, which tells the love stories, joys, and sorrows of multiple generations. * The Bookseller * An exuberant explosion of emotions and ideas. Bold, ambitious, expressive and intense... It is a marathon read which readers looking for good LGBTQIA+ representation, a fantastical plot, evocative imagery and tempestuous melodrama will enjoy. * Books for Keeps * A splendid and complex tale... soul thrilling. * School Library Journal * Achingly raw. * Serendipity Books * Masterpiece! * The Novel Neighbor * The story walks a tightrope between the real and the impossible, but like Nelson’s previous work, its heart lies in the absolutely genuine emotions of its characters. * Lit Hub * A stunning and luminous love story bursting to be told. * Armadillo Magazine * I laughed, I cried, I was engrossed in the plot. It was a beautiful soap opera of a family drama...It just feels like so much love has gone into this book. * Netgalley Reviewer * Perfectly encompasses what I think YA books are all about— comfort and heartbreak, identity and discovery, human connection and love… I can’t do this book justice. Jandy is BACK!! * Netgalley Reviewer * This whimsical book, filled with magic, love, heartbreak and alllll the juicy family drama, did not disappoint. I was captivated and I could not stop reading! * Netgalley Reviewer * An author who writes a compelling and emotional read like this is well worth the investment of time. * Netgalley Reviewer * Jandy did it again, after almost 10 years since I'll Give You the Sun, she wrote another masterpiece. 5 stars. * Netgalley Reviewer * When the World Tips Over genuinely deserves a world of praise…definitely one of the best books I have ever read. * Books Up North *

Author Information

Jandy Nelson’s debut, The Sky Is Everywhere, published to global critical acclaim in 2010 and has since been adapted into a film on Apple TV+. Her second novel, I'll Give You the Sun, was a New York Times Bestseller, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award and a Stonewall Honor, and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize; it has also been optioned for film by Warner Bros. Together, Sky and Sun have been translated into more than 38 languages and sold over a million copies worldwide. Jandy lives in San Francisco and is madly in love with California, and how it teeters on the edge of the continent. Follow Jandy on Twitter @jandynelson or visit her online at www.jandynelson.com.

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