In the Wake of Amber

Kristin Lönens is a New Zealand writer. She is the author of the novel "Bird in a Cage," which gained widespread recognition after the film "Jojo Rabbit," based on it, was nominated for six Academy Awards.
"In the Wake of Amber"... is a love story at first glance. The narrator Ethan, a student from Auckland's film school, gradually transforms from a hopelessly in love, selfish young man into a mature adult. But Kristin Lönens does not unravel the plot by coincidence in the intersection of the 1970s and 1980s, during the height of the Cold War, protests against nuclear testing in the Pacific, and environmental activism.
The embodiment of this time is Ethan's beloved Amber, emotional, unhappy, vibrant, struggling with stereotypes, seeking protection and not finding it.