When eighteen year old Filipino-Chinese Jessamine Han went to New York City to pursue her dreams of becoming a lawyer, it felt like a dream come true. Not only was living in a foreign country without her wicked step-mom a new sense of life, but also being a student of a prestigious university, New York University. New York University is known to be the home of the finest and intellectual students in the city.
But Jessamine's life isn't as glamorous as it seemed to be. She's broke. She's barely sleeping. Her motivation has gone out of the window. Everything seems to go wrong, but one thing's for sure, the United States and the Philippines are at the two ends of the world, and it feels like there's a prime meridian that separates her from the Western way of living.
Could Jessamine survive the ups and downs of the modern life in New York, meeting new people, and going through college, while breaking the barriers of the Prime Meridian? Perhaps meeting someone special in New York?
After all, New York City isn't just any city,
It is the city where her first love, Finn Andersen, lives.
Prime Meridian /prīm məˈridēən/
Meridian of 0 degrees longitude at Greenwich, England, dividing the earth into two parts: Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.
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Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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