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Cuando el impulso es más fuerte que la razón y el corazón late fuerte y confundido, cuando la sangre corre por las venas y los amores se confunden con la pasión y el deseo, cuando las decisiones se toman desde la emoción y los errores se pagan con sufrimiento, solo queda intentar una vez...

Before the Tree of Life, everything in Abra Miller's life had been predictable. But after the Tree and the lightning and the angels, everything felt tenuous, like holding a soap bubble in the palm of her hand. She spent years looking for signs of that other world, waiting for it to break through. When it didn't, her friendship with Sam Chambers grew cold and distant, and they both wondered how any of it could actually have happened. Four years later, 16-year-old Abra's quest is renewed when she is directed to New Orleans to the grave of Marie Laveau, one of seven gateways between this world and Over There.

After his mother's death, 12-year-old Samuel Chambers would do anything to turn back time. Prompted by three strange carnival fortune-tellers and the surfacing of his mysterious and reclusive neighbor, Samuel begins his search for the Tree of Life - the only thing that could possibly bring his mother back. His quest to defeat death entangles him and his best friend Abra in an ancient conflict and forces Samuel to grapple with an unwelcome question....

I start my story with the day I first saw Jesse Pegler. That was when my whole life first started changing. Sixteen-year-old Opal Ringer is the daughter of Royal Ringer, the Pentecostal leader of a motley flock of down-on-their-luck believers. Jesse Pegler is the son of Brother Pegler. An "evangelist for Jesus", the elder Pegler is a flashy minister who appears regularly on television in his blue robes and gold tassels. Opal and Jesse meet at a faith healing at the Helping Hand Tabernacle church, where Opal's daddy preaches.

Stell dir vor, dein Leben ist scheiße! Du bist dreizehn, klein, ängstlich und hast keine richtigen Freunde. Dein kleiner Bruder nervt, dein Vater ist ein aggressiver Tyrann und wenn deine Mutter sich nicht gerade selbst bemitleidet, kommandiert sie dich nur herum. Und die Schule... Stell dir vor, du begegnest zum ersten Mal in deinem Leben jemandem, dem du vollständig vertraust und der dich mag - doch du verlierst diesen Menschen wieder und es ist deine eigene Schuld.

I 1992 flygter den 12-årige Vladimir med sin mor og storebror fra krigen i Jugoslavien. Han ender sammen med tusind andre flygtninge på skibet Flotel Europa i Københavns Havn. Her skal de tre dele en lille kahyt på ubestemt tid.

På Flotel Europa indgår Vladimir i nye vennegrupper og forelsker sig i den smukke Selma. Han går til koncerter på Christiania, samler flasker i Københavns gader, hænger ud med vennerne på lossepladsen ved Refshaleøen, og en form for normalitet opstår midt i undtagelsestilstanden.