Though her parents have forbidden her the slopes, Syrah has screwed up her courage to try again. The mystery that drives the story for some time is what exactly led to the backcountry Accident that took Syrah off the hills, put pins in her reconstructed knee, and destroyed her chances for the snowboarding career that she craved. Syrah has a talent for drawing and keeps a ' manga-slash-journal' in which she portrays herself as ' knight on a shining snowboard' Shiraz. Her best friend since third grade - and regular boarding partner - is Age (Adrian). She is closest to her elderly nanny, Bao-mu. Syrah rarely sees her them and is constantly baited by her half-siblings Wayne and Grace, who are themselves old enough to be her parents. The protagonist is Syrah, daughter of seventy year old billionaire Ethan Cheng (regularly featured on the cover of BusinessWeek and author of The Ethan Cheng Way) and his much younger (third) wife Betty. Justina Chen Headley, author of the delightful Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies) now brings us Girl Overboard, the touching tale of a traumatized young woman finding herself and her family - in the context of privilege and a passion for snowboarding.
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